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This magnificent and Museum-Quality craftedDouglas A-1 SkyraiderAirplaneWOOD MODEL is finely handmade from kiln-dried Wood Mahogany and skillfully hand-painted by gifted artists.
It is 12.36\" in Length, with 16.00\" Wingspan,weighing 0.44 pounds, and a package weight of about2.20 pounds.
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A-1 Skyraider
Type Attack aircraft
Manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
Designed by Ed Heinemann
Maiden flight 18 March 1945
Introduced 1950s
Retired 1970s
Primary users United States Navy
United States Air Force
Produced 1945–1957
Number built 3,180
Variants A2D SkysharkThe Douglas A-1 (formerly AD) Skyraider was a U.S. single-seat attack bomber of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. A propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age, the Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career well into the space age, and inspired a straight-winged, slow flying jet powered successor which is still in frontline service today, the A-10 Warthog.It carried various nicknames including: \"Spad\" (a bi-winged airplane flown in World War I), \"Able Dog\" (phonetic AD), the \"Destroyer,\" \"Hobo\" (radio call sign of the USAF 1st Air Commando/Special operations Squadron), \"Firefly\" (602nd ACS/SOS), \"Zorro\" (22nd SOS), \"The Big Gun,\" \"Old Faithful,\" \"Old Miscellaneous,\" \"Fat Face\" (AD-5/A-1E version, side-by-side seating), \"Guppy\" (AD-5W version), \"Q-Bird\" (AD-1Q/AD-5Q versions), \"Flying Dumptruck\" (A-1E), \"Sandy\" (Combat Search And Rescue helicopter escort) and \"Crazy Water Buffalo\" (South Vietnamese nickname).Design and developmentThe A-1 was originally designed to meet World War II requirements for a carrier-based, single-place, long-range, high performance dive-/torpedo bomber. Designed by Ed Heinemann of the Douglas Aircraft Company, the Skyraider was ordered in July 1944 as the XBT2D-1. In April 1945, one month after its first flight on 18 March 1945, it was evaluated at the Naval Air Test Center (NATC). In December 1946, after a designation change to AD-1, delivery of the first production aircraft to a fleet squadron was made to VA-19A.The AD-1 was built at Douglas\' El Segundo plant in Southern California. In his memoir The Lonely Sky, test pilot Bill Bridgeman describes the routine yet sometimes hazardous work of certifying AD-1s fresh off the assembly line (quoting a production rate of two aircraft per day) for delivery to the US Navy in the 1949-1950 time frame.The low-wing monoplane design started with a Wright R-3350 radial engine, later upgraded several times. Its distinctive feature was the presence of seven hardpoints on each wing. The large straight wings give it excellent low speed maneuverability, and enable it to carry a tremendous amount of ordnance over a considerable combat radius and loiter time for its size, comparable to much heavier subsonic or supersonic jets. The aircraft is optimized for the ground-attack mission, and is armoured against ground fire in key locations, unlike faster fighters adapted to carry bombs such as the F4U Corsair or P-51 Mustang which would be retired by US forces long before the 1960s.The piston engined prop-driven Skyraider was a postwar follow-on to World War II dive bombers and torpedo bombers such as the Helldiver and Avenger. It was replaced in the 1960s by the A-4 Skyhawk as the Navy\'s primary light attack plane. Used over Korea and briefly over North Vietnam, it was adopted as the primary ground support attack for the U.S. Air Force and South Vietnamese VNAF during the Vietnam war, before being supplanted by the jet powered A-37 Dragonfly and A-7 Corsair II.Operators * Flag of Cambodia Cambodia
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* Flag of Vietnam Vietnam SpecificationsGeneral characteristics * Crew: One
* Length: 38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
* Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.25 m)
* Height: 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
* Wing area: 400.31 ft² (37.19 m²)
* Empty weight: 11,970 lb (5,430 kg)
* Loaded weight: 13,925 lb as scout; 18,030 lb as bomber (6,315 kg as scout; 8,180 kg as bomber)
* Max takeoff weight: 25,000 lb (11,340 kg)
* Powerplant: 1× Wright R-3350-26WA radial engine, 2,700 hp (2,000 kW) Performance * Maximum speed: 320 mph (280 knots, 520 km/h)
* Cruise speed: 295 mph (256 knots, 475 km/h)
* Range: 1,315 mi (1,142 NM, 2,115 km)
* Service ceiling 28,500 ft (8,660 m)
* Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
* Wing loading: 45 lb/ft² (220 kg/m²)
* Power/mass: 0.15 hp/lb (250 W/kg) Armament * Guns: 4 × 20 mm (0.787 in) cannon
* Other: Up to 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) of ordnance on 15 external hardpoints including bombs, torpedoes, mine dispensers, unguided rockets, or gun pods purchasing, pay instantly through align=\"center\">Summary of My Selling PoliciesPayment1) payments are preferred because they are SAFE & SECURE. We are a Premier Merchant, both Verified and Confirmed.
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