sličica|Skyraider na letalonosilki sličica|Skyraider sličica|Skyraider leta 1967 Douglas A-1 Skyraider (prej AD) je bil enosedežni enomotorni palubni jurišnik, ki ga je zasnovalo ameriško podjetje Douglas Aircraft Company. Zasnovali so ga v času 2. svetovne vojne. Skyraider je imel sorazmerno dolgo in uspešno kariero. Posadke so uporabljale tudi vzdevek »Spad«, po istoimenskem francoskem lovcu iz prve svetovne vojne. Glavni uporabnik so bili ameriške zračne sile, mornarica in marinci, uporabljala pa sta ga tudi Kraljeva vojna mornarica in Francosko vojno letalstvo. Skyraiderja je nasledil reaktivni LTV A-7 Corsair II.

Letalo je poganjal zračnohaljeni zvezdasti motor Wright R-3350-26WA z 2700 konjskimi silami.

Specifikacije (A-1H Skyraider)

Glej tudi Douglas A2D Skyshark Aichi B7A Martin AM Mauler North American T-28 Trojan Westland Wyvern Seznam jurišnikov

Reference

Bibliografija Burgess, Richard R. and Rosario M. Rausa. US Navy A-1 Skyraider Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft #77). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84603-410-7. Bridgeman, William and Jacqueline Hazard. The Lonely Sky. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1955. ISBN 978-0-8107-9011-7. Chinnery, Philip D. Air Commando: Inside The Air Force Special Operations Command. London: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1997. ISBN 978-0-312-95881-7. Denehan, William, Major, USAF. From Crickets To Dragonflies: Training And Equipping The South Vietnamese Air Force 1955-1972. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air Command and Staff College, Air University, 1997. Dengler, Dieter. Escape from Laos. New York: Presidio Press, 1979. ISBN 0-89141-076-7. Dorr, Robert F. "Southeast Asian "Spad"... The Skyraider's War". Air Enthusiast, Thirty-six, May–August 1988. Bromley, UK:FineScroll. pp. 1–11, 73–77. ISSN 0143-5450.

Drury, Richard S. My Secret War. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishing Inc., 1979. ISBN 978-0-8168-6841-4. Faltum, Andrew. The Essex Aircraft Carriers. Baltimore, Maryland: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1996. ISBN 1-877853-26-7.

Grossnick, Roy A. and William J. Armstrong. United States Naval Aviation, 1910–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Historical Center, 1997. ISBN 0-16-049124-X.

Mersky, Peter B. U.S. Marine Corps Aviation: 1912 to the Present. Annapolis, Maryland: The Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1983. ISBN 0-933852-39-8. "Skyraider". Model Airplane News, September 2008, Volume 136, Number 9; Cover and p. 38. Smith, Peter C., Douglas AD Skyraider - Crowood Aviation Series. Marlborough Great Britain: Crowood Press, 1999, ISBN 1-86126-249-3. Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. London: Putnam, Second edition 1976. ISBN 0-370-10054-9. United States Air Force Museum Guidebook. Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio: Air Force Museum Association, 1975.

Zunanje povezave

Skyraider.org Air Force Fact sheet on the Douglas A-1E Skyraider flown by Major Fisher The A-1 in Airpower Classics from Air Force Magazine Douglas A-1 Skyraider articles and publications AeroWeb: List of A-1 survivors on display Heritage Flight Museum: A-1 Skyraider “The Proud American”

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