Comments by "Ray Purchase" (@raypurchase801) on "The BAe SABA – Havoc for Havocs" video.

  1. There was a proposed development of the P51 Mustang during the 1970s, fitted with a turboprop. A couple of prototypes were built but it didn't go into production.
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  2.  @skepticalbadger  DAMMIT! Thanks for your correction. I've edited it.
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  3.  @kutter_ttl6786  An excellent reply. My understanding (which might be b*llsh*t) is that the USAF considered a cheap groundfire-suppressor to accompany Warthogs: Something inexpensive with a single turboprop. The designers decided you couldn't actually improve upon the Mustang, but with modern avionics. But, as you say, it didn't happen This was from the era when a couple of WW2 battleships were brought out of mothballs and returned to service.
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  4.  @AdamMGTF  Would've used essentially the same airframe. Essentially, it was believed that a P51 couldn't be improved upon except with updated avionics and a turboprop.
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  5.  @ScottKenny1978  Threw out the baby with the bath water.
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  6.  @ScottKenny1978  All true. I don't know much about the Skyraider in the Vietnam War.
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  7.  @ScottKenny1978  Funny how updating aircraft from the 1950s can keep them in service into the 21st century: C130, B52 etc.
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  8. I'd have thought a single seat Gazelle helicopter, with a pair of Sidewinder missiles, could've done the job.
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