Douglas A-1 Skyraider

http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight.aspx
Sky Raider display at the National Museum of Flight East Fortune Airshow 2009.

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly AD) was an American single-seat attack aircraft that saw service between the late 1940s and early 1980s. It became a piston-powered, propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age, and was nicknamed "Spad", after a French World War I fighter.[2] The Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career, even inspiring its straight-winged, slow-flying, jet-powered successor, the A-10 Thunderbolt II[citation needed].

It was operated by the United States Navy (USN), the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and the United States Air Force (USAF), and also saw service with the British Royal Navy, the French Air Force, the Air Force of the Republic of Vietnam (VNAF), and others.

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[johncirri]

It can carry it's owen weight in armament.

[Rickinsf]

In the early days of the Cold War, this was the US Navy's delivery vehicle for nuclear weapons, before they'd developed jets that could operate from carriers and manage the load.

[ovationpdh]

Beautiful video, I wish everyone did them this well.

[juzzi07]

best Skyraider vid on YouTube. I must hand it to you mate you NEVER dissapoint me!

[a8127]

Beautiful creature is the Skyraider... Thanks for sharing.

[MrBuckwheat10]

this is the best video Ihave ever seen. Why? Because the picture quality and the sound are off the charts. AWSOME!!!

[TheBoodle23]

For an aircraft that's 50 something years old the Skyraider still looks "modern", in my opinion anyway.

[f39eagle2]

thanks for this video,first good video i have seen about skyraider,love the sound of the engine,"beautiful"..5*

[taisdhoi]

awesome

Very beautiful video in HD

about skyraider

Thanks

[GDumbrell]

Brilliant video of a beautiful and rarely seen aircraft being expertly displayed.

Thankyou for sharing.