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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
| 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] |
| Earl Dicarlo earl@dicarlo.org, CO | She's a real beauty. buy viagra levitra online buy cialis 03/12/2008 @ 06:19 [ref: 19981] |
| 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] |
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| 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] |
| Brien Levy Columbia, SC | As an Army artillery officer, I flew several missions as an aerial observer in the AE-1. The pilot was 1LT Fred Butler and we flew out of Pleiku in '69. What an experience! Fred, I hope you see this page and get in touch with me. 06/16/2006 @ 08:44 [ref: 13530] |
| Karl Hees Hilo, HI |
I was a plane captain on a AD5-N at Naval Ordinance Test Station, China Lake, California 1959-61. This was the first piloted plane for testing the sidewinder, ASROC, and several other types of ordinance. Great fun for a 20 year old kid... 06/15/2006 @ 00:47 [ref: 13521] |
| Jim McManus Sacramento, CA | I was a flight deck electrician aboard the USS Hornet in 1967, Yankee Station, Gulf of Tonkin. We had launched a flight of Grumman S2Fs one of which (the ship's Cod) was piloted by the Hornet's Captain and CAG (Commander Air Group) who were share the 100 and forty thousandth arrested landing on Hornet. There was a cake and the band was ready. The Navy takes such things seriously.
The USS Coral Sea was outbound of us and had launched a strike. One of the ADs developed an oil problem and aborted the mission. The pilot and his wingman dumped their munitions but could not return to the Coral Sea as that ship was respotting for another launch. The ADs were diverted to the Hornet, the Captain and the CAG were waived off and the ADs (some called them "Spads") made the milestone arrested landing; were awarded the cake and were saluted by the ships band. The pilot of the problem AD was a young Ensign with a handle-bar moustache and (if I remember correctly) a white scarf. The Captain and CAG took the situation with good humor. The AD's oil line was repaired by mechanics from VS27 and returned to the Coral Sea..... all in all a pleasant two hour's respite. 03/21/2006 @ 11:10 [ref: 12875] |
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