On 22 Jun 1997 22:01:05 GMT, micoma@aol.com (MICOMA) wrote:

>In article <19970622214601.RAA24184@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>aa767er@aol.com (AA767ER) writes:
>
>>As for the A-7E (Navy)
>>and the A-7C (Airforce) I believe the gear is the same, I never worked on
>>them so maybe a "X" sluf fixer can tell us more.
>
>I'm sure you meant A-7D for the USAF model.  The C was a Navy model (an E
>w/ an A/B powerplant IIRC).

The A-7C, as built, was an interim version, with A-7E system
improvements, but retaining the (non-afterburning) P&W TF30 (-P-8 or
-408) engine used in the A-7B.

Sixty six built, of which about half were later converted into
two-seat trainers (TA-7C).

Mike Tighe -
     Striving steadily towards a 4,000 hour
     mean time between sense of humour failures!