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Description
| Notes: Improved A-7B with nav weapons delivery system. Carries 1 20mm m61a1 gun. | |||
| Manufacturer: | Vought |
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| Base model: | A-7 | ||
| Designation: | A-7 | ||
| Version: | C | ||
| Nickname: | Corsair II | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | ||
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Attack | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 46' 1" | 14.0 m | |
| Height: | 16' 1" | 4.9 m | |
| Wingspan: | 38' 8" | 11.7 m | |
| Wingarea: | 375.0 sq ft | 34.8 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 15,037 lb | 6,819 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 39,325 lb | 17,834 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-8 | ||
| Thrust (each): | 12,200 lb | 5,532 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 2,280 miles | 3,671 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 545 mph | 877 km/h | 474 kt |
| Max Speed: | 663 mph | 1,067 km/h | 576 kt |
| Ceiling: | 33,500 ft | 10,210 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
Recent comments by our visitors
| David Taylor Houston, TX | This is an appeal for information about my cousin who was shot down in an A-7C on the carrier USS America. His name was James Hall. I recently was looking at a family album and saw a closeup photo of Jimmy in his cockpit and was curious what the airplane looked like. When I Googled it, this site popped up. If anyone knows anything about why we lost Jimmy I would appreciate a reply. For many, many years he was MIA, then KIA but there was no remains. Then about 10 years ago the center in Hawaii identified him and we had a very moving internment at Arlington. But I still don't know the details of how he was lost. I realize this isn't the dedicated purpose of this site, so please excuse my inquiry. My email address is davidtaylor@pdq.net 11/24/2010 @ 05:35 [ref: 33359] |
| David Taylor Houston, TX | This is an appeal for information about my cousin who was shot down in an A-7C on the carrier USS America. His name was James Hall. I recently was looking at a family album and saw a closeup photo of Jimmy in his cockpit and was curious what the airplane looked like. When I Googled it, this site popped up. If anyone knows anything about why we lost Jimmy I would appreciate a reply. For many, many years he was MIA, then KIA but there was no remains. Then about 10 years ago the center in Hawaii identified him and we had a very moving internment at Arlington. But I still don't know the details of how he was lost. I realize this isn't the dedicated purpose of this site, so please excuse my inquiry. My email address is davidtaylor@pdq.net 11/24/2010 @ 05:34 [ref: 33358] |
| Barry Hendrix , GA | I was an aviation fire control technician (AQ)assigned to attack squadron 86. In mid 1972 the squadron was force to reverted back from the A-7E (TF-41 Royles Royce Allison engine problems)model to the older A-7C (TF-30 P&W engines) to meet commitments in Southeast Asia. We deployed aboard USS America and steamed for Yankee Station. The rugged old Charlie birds did the job well with continuous solution weapon systems with pin point accuracy. Our naval aviators did a great job carrying out the many attack missions and were a brave bunch of dedicated young 25-35 year olds. We "tweet" techs maintained the big 8 avionics systems with pride and worked long hours to ensure safety and survivability. The A-7C had the first production HUD in any aircraft. The AN/ASN-90 IMS was a good navigation system, but required occassional present position update enroute to the target. The IBM Navigation and Weapons Delivery Computer was great and reliable and seldom needed reprogramming. Years later the A-7E Avionics System earned the prestigious Carnegie Mellon hall of Fame Award for the first digital computer that had modern software and weapons algorithms developed as a sophisticated baseline for all future modern airborne computers. The A-7C first had that computer in small numbers, the A-7E was more refined thanks to engineers at China Lake. The Texas Instruments APQ-126 Forward Looking Radar gave us fits, but once we finally repaired old wiring, groomed and tweaked them they stayed up. All A-7 Corsair IIs were true work horses just like other Vought Aircraft of the past, such as the F-4U Gull wing Corsairs of WWII and Korea. And who could argue against the agile and supersonic F-8 Crusader being the best single seat pure fighter (it had 4 guns too) of all time. Vought designed aircraft well for single warriers. Grumman F-14 and A-6 and MD F-4 aircraft had to have two engines and a crew of two. Vought focused on only one of everything and considered two engines and two pilots as redundant weight that takes away from fuel and payload. However some of the A-7Cs were later were converted to two seaters as TA-7C trainers by Vought and the Navy. Long live the famous pirate moniker of Corsair! 07/09/2008 @ 12:44 [ref: 21810] |
| Frank McDonald , TX | Sheppard had several for a period of time. At one point, a CH-47 came and took one. We were toldd it was to be the prototype for a B (?) model two seater. They carried it via sling to Chance Vought in the Dallas area. A few others were trucked away as they were fairly low time airframes, and were supposedly returned to flying status.
Mr. Mac 06/02/2008 @ 14:13 [ref: 21081] |
| Frank McDonald , TX | Sheppard had several for a period of time. At one point, a CH-47 came and took one. We were toldd it was to be the prototype for a B (?) model two seater. They carried it via sling to Chance Vought in the Dallas area. A few others were trucked away as they were fairly low time airframes, and were supposedly returned to flying status.
Mr. Mac 06/02/2008 @ 14:13 [ref: 21080] |
| Frank Staarup , AL | As a young 25 year-old Naval Aviator, I had the great honor and privilege of flying nearly 1000 hours in the A-7 Corsair. That included over 100 combat missions in Vietnam, all of those in the A-7C Model. It was a true work-horse. It was roomy, packed with ultra modern avionics, and deadly accurate. While the A-7E models were grounded due to engine problems in their Allyson TF-41/A-2 engines, our Charlies carried on.
In combat from July 1972 until February 1973, the 24 Charlies in VA-86 and VA-82 did the job flying thousands of hours, and hundreds of sorties, without an engine incident. I felt totally confident in the power plant from Pratt and Whitney, despite the rigors of combat which often required full throttle operation for sustained periods and under high g loading. Thank you, Pratt & Whitney. 07/18/2000 @ 00:48 [ref: 462] |
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