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The US Navy Vought A-7 Corsair II Jet Fighter is being transported to the Museum.

A-7 Corsair II at the Bloomington Prairie Aviation Museum

This is a picture of the US Navy A-7 Corsair II Jet Fighter being taken off of the trailer at the Bloomington Illinois Prairie Aviation Museum.

Vought A-7 Corsair II from VA-125.
A-7 Corsair II Recovery Exhibit.
Prairie Aviation Museum.

The A7 corsair II is one of the most successful light attack military aircraft ever made. It was manufactured by LTV Vought. The A-7 is 46' long 16' high and has a wingspan of 38' 9" It has an empty weight of 19,500 lbs. and a max weight of 42,000 lbs. the a7 has one Allison TF-41 turbojet engine with no afterburner producing 15,000 lbs. of thrust. The corsair has a top speed of 602 kts. and a max range of 2280 nm.

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When you look at an airplane in a museum you think that's really nice and that's about it. but there's a lot of history involved in not just the aircraft's service, but the transportation to the museum. The first part of bringing the airplane to the museum starts with the museum staff deciding on and locating an airplane that is available for display. Next a group of volunteers are needed to retrieve the airplane, in this case it was retrieval and disassembly in preparation of placing the aircraft on trucks where the volunteers were needed. The picture above shows the airplane being loaded onto a trailer.

I served with VA12 out of NAS Cecil Field in Florida. I was a plane captain and chose to stay one for my 4 year hitch (76-80). I think your site is great and I would like to introduce you to mine as I would love to link to your site and possibly get a link back. Your description of the A7 was dead on and it's the reason why I love this plane. If I don't hear back from you I understand and will still appreciate your site as one of the classier of the few out there.
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