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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
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| Base model: | AD | ||
| Designation: | AD | ||
| Version: | -5 | ||
| Nickname: | Skyraider | ||
| Equivalent to: | A-1E A1EA-1E | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1946-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Attack | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 40' 1" | 12.2 m | |
| Height: | 15' 10' | 4.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 50' 9" | 15.4 m | |
| Wingarea: | 400.3 sq ft | 37.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 12,313 lb | 5,584 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 18,799 lb | 8,525 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 25,000 lb | 11,337 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-3350-26WA | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 2700 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 1,202 miles | 1,935 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 200 mph | 322 km/h | 174 kt |
| Max Speed: | 311 mph | 500 km/h | 270 kt |
| Climb: | 2,300 ft/min | 701 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 26,000 ft | 7,924 m | |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
A-1E on display
United States Air Force Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Jim Tanner , CA | Yes, Mr Warren Baker's comments are correct. Millington Tenn in late 1960 used the AD-5 for both engine school R3350 and turn-up on the A-School runway........USMC 1967-1970 07/24/2008 @ 13:39 [ref: 22236] |
| Jim Tanner , CA | Yes, Mr Warren Baker's comments are correct. Millington Tenn in late 1960 used the AD-5 for both engine school R3350 and turn-up on the A-School runway........USMC 1967-1970 07/24/2008 @ 13:39 [ref: 22235] |
| Gary Ray , VA | Worked on AD-5 and 5N 1959-62 at NAS Twin Cities in support of VMA-213 & VMA-234 as Avionics Tech and cross-trained as Electrician. Gunny Erickson was Avionics Chief, Maintenance Chief was MGySgt Bellsmith.
Lots of oil still under my fingernail from that great beast. Changing ARC-27's UHF Transceivers by yourself was always fun... hoisting them up to the wing and into the aircraft with one hand.. holding on with the other. 06/17/2008 @ 05:12 [ref: 21508] |
| Jacob , BC | I really love the A-1s and the AD-5 knowone my age really appreciates them like me (not suprising)I'm in Middle School.
05/21/2008 @ 15:22 [ref: 20970] |
| Mike Schofield , MD | Ray, I will try and contact the museum curator you mention and get thses photos to him. We broke these aircraft apart in the fields of Aberdeen Army Proving grounds. The air Force had just re-introduced Aircraft battle damage repair, and thought we would like the training of taking them apart. My God we had no idea how big an F-89 Scorpion was, The AD-5W wasn't so bad after the scorpion. 04/01/2008 @ 09:10 [ref: 20309] |
| Warren Barker Piper City, IL | I believe the AD-5 was the aircraft we used for turn up practice in A School at NATTC Memphis in the late 1960's 12/24/2007 @ 05:36 [ref: 19030] |
| Bill Fabrey , PA | I was a plane captain with VF(AW)4 (VC-4), 1957/1958. Had many hour in AD-5 great airplane on a cruise, always flying
not much down time, a lot of airplane to clean, squadron finally got jets, F2H, and F9F, still liked a AD better!! 07/13/2007 @ 18:48 [ref: 17090] |
| Raymond Meyer Sacramento, CA | This is for Mike Schofield. I work at the Aerospace Museum of California (former McClellan Aviation Museum). I believe the aircraft Mike is talking about are ours. In April 1985, the Musuem had a A1E (AD-5) and a F-89 Scorpion jet airlifted from Andrews AFB to Dover AFB. The F-89 came from Aberdeen. A 22nd AF, 349th MAW C-5 returning from Europe picked-up the aircraft and transported them to McClellan AFB. The aircraft arrived in the middle of May 1985. The A1E was restored and is on display at our museum. After a number of years, the F-89 was turned over to the Edwards AFB museum. If Mike reads this, please contact Barry Bauer, our curator at curator@aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org. He would probably like to add the pictures and other documents to our archives. 06/25/2007 @ 19:02 [ref: 16941] |
| bob parsons , DE | with vma 331 mcas miami mcas iwakuni nas cubi pt cpl ordinance lt col ep carey co 03/18/2007 @ 09:58 [ref: 15934] |
| RENE QUINONES Sheridan, OR | Looking for parts to rebuild AD-5 Skyraider for the Evergreen Aviation Museum - home to the Spruce Goose. 02/14/2007 @ 09:50 [ref: 15517] |
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