A-7 P Corsair II

mummykitty,

The Hasagawa A-7 is the only decent A-7 available. The others are horrible, period. As for the difference between the E and the P I do not know specifically. But, the foreign export aircraft are usually different in instrumentation, armmament set-up, air to air refueling set-up, and sometimes the power plant (engine). The ejection system could also be different.

I think some A-7s were built under license in Europe. I know Greece and Turkey had them. You will have to do the research to find any differences in physical appearances.
The A-7 is lovingly referred to a SLUF (Short Little Ugly Fu#@%er)

A-7P's are refurbished A-7A's which were equipped with updated avionics (to A-7E standard) and new engines. (Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-408)

Here's some links that'll help you out with reference on this particular aircraft and with general info on the A-7P:


A-7 Corsair according to Joe Baugher - This is a page from one of the more reputable online aircraft encyclopedias. You'll find links to all versions of the SLUF on this page, including the A-7P. No photos here, just info.

A-7P photos on Airliners.net - There's a couple shots of the Esq 302/304 64,000 hour-bird here. Airliners.net is a great source of reference for modern jets, don't let the name of the site fool you, either. There's lots more than airliners...

A-7P Photos - This page should help you out a whole lot. There's several shots of the specific bird you wanna build here, they're a little more than half-way down the page. The text is in Portuguese, but the pictures are in English!

There's lots more out there on the A-7P. Try doing a web search on the A-7P, or Portuguese Air Force. A quickie image search on Google yielded a ton of hits.

Good luck...


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It is a good thing the pictures are in english,.or I could not have looked at them!

Great cites and Sites! Thanks. The SLUF is a good little bird.

Great stuff!! Sorry for being lazy and not trying Google myself. Thanks!!

Don't worry about being 'lazy', I'm the laziest SOB this side of the pond sometimes.

Besides, that's what the forums are for, you got questions we got answers...


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