Does anyone know the color of the landing gear and the color of the gear wells in the A-10. I thought both were white then saw something about the gear being grey.
Anyn help appreciated. Thanks
Stan Parker
- posted
17 years ago
A-10
Loading thread data ...
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
formatting link
Look white to me.
Cheers,
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
All the ones I've seen are white. Latest was an air show in 2006....
Don H.
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
Having worked at AMARC/DMAFB in Tucson for years (home to the world's largest A-10 wing), trust me when I say that they are without exception, white.
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
Banged my head around inside A10 wells from 88-92. They are indeed white as the other posters have stated. But nowhere near pure white. It's almost a very light gray. And usually pretty grungy so take that into account as well. HTH.
TF
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
Thanks for the help.
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
Glad to help.
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
Just to confuse things... Squadron's A10 Walkaround No. 17, p44, states that the struts can be either white or FS16473 Aircraft Gray. That's cleared that up then. Not.
-- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service ------->>>>>>
formatting link
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
as a former USAF crewchief for 20 yrs all aircraft struts and wheel wells are gloss white
- Vote on answer
- posted
17 years ago
Actually it depends... what year, and what paint scheme? Back in the early
1980s when A-10s were painted in Mask 10A or Euro-1 the gear struts and wheelwells were indeed 16473 gray. I'll post a photo I took at George AFB back in May 1982 of a Davis-Monthan based Warthog over on alt.binaries.models.scale. Compare the white travel pod to the gray nose gear. Also note the nose wheel is silver. I believe I have some more photos showing the gray landing gear, I could post more if you like. Scott Wilson