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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas | |
| Base model: | AD | |
| Designation: | AD | |
| Version: | -6 | |
| Nickname: | Skyraider | |
| Equivalent to: | A-1H | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1946-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Attack | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 38' 10" | 11.8 m | |
| Height: | 15' 8" | 4.7 m | |
| Wingspan: | 50' | 15.2 m | |
| Wingarea: | 400.3 sq ft | 37.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 11,968 lb | 5,427 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 18,106 lb | 8,211 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 25,000 lb | 11,337 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-3350-26WA | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 2700 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 1,316 miles | 2,119 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 198 mph | 318 km/h | 171 kt |
| Max Speed: | 322 mph | 518 km/h | 280 kt |
| Climb: | 2,850 ft/min | 868 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 28,500 ft | 8,686 m | |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
A-1H on display
National Museum of Naval Aviation |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Ed (PETE) Pearson Murdock, KS | I was in VA-175 at NAS JAX 1955-1957,then VA44 in the same hanger. AO-2. Would like to hear from anyone who was there about the same time.
Pete 05/19/2008 @ 10:52 [ref: 20956] |
| Gerald Blain Island Heights, NJ | Served in VA105 at Cecil Field Jax FL 1952-1955 as an AD3&AD2 keeping those oil slinging 3350s in good shape.Loved those planes.If any old squadron buddies see this send me a message 03/14/2008 @ 12:55 [ref: 20016] |
| Geoff Taylor Poulsbo, WA | US Navy Skyraiders shot down two Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 jet fighters during the Vietnam war on 20 June 1965 by LT Clinton B. Johnson and LTJG Charles W. Hartman III (shared victory) of VA-25[3], and on 9 October 1966 by LTJG William T. Patton of VA-176.[2] 12/22/2007 @ 20:33 [ref: 19022] |
| Paul Siwulich , NY | I served with MASS-1(Air Support Squadron) at cherry Pt. 1955-1957 and all the pilots in our squadron were Skyraider qualified. We did MPQ (Radar Bombing) and I was a Radar Oper/Tech and the Skyraider was great since it sent back good tracking signals due to being a prop., but jets would unlock in a fast turn. We did 3 months bombing at Rio Hato Panama in 1957 and our best results were with the AD's. Later I worked at Panam with a Vietnameese guy who flew AD's in Nam and lived thru quite few missions in the Skyraider.....We did lose 1 AD in Panama and I ended up guarding the crash site with a crew until we were relieved but unfortunately my photos were stolen . 07/15/2007 @ 15:01 [ref: 17124] |
| John Hebbe Fairfax, VA | Flew the AD-4 group in training and the -6’s in VA-35 from ’59 – ’62. For us prop-lovers, it was the Harley of the airways. ARN-6. Possibly as an RDF but we used TACAN mostly. ARC-27? I think not. We had UHF and I think the 27 was more of a coffee grinder. Could be wrong. Pretty sure it had a -26WD engine which was very reliable. Ten minutes max on water injection since the engine was so highly tuned anyway. MIG killer. Yes. At least one. The soviet pilot overran a SPAD. The AD-driver was so unnerved that he squeezed the trigger on the stick and got off a few rounds. At least one of these hit the MIG and downed it.
The SKYRAIDER was the highlight of my 51-year flying career. Tons of war stories. Google 'Deiter Dengler' 06/23/2007 @ 09:21 [ref: 16916] |
| Jack Vernon Sheridan, WY, WY | I served in VMA-324 From 57-59 at Opa Locka MCAS and Cherry Point. A Squadron of 24 AD-6\'s. I was a radio and radar repair man mostly exchanging bad or at least questionable units (I recall an ARN-6radio direction unit and an ARC-27 transmitter). Is anyone out there from that group? 01/14/2007 @ 20:10 [ref: 15188] |
| Gary Wallbridge , AZ | I was the first line chief for VMC-1 when it was formed at K-3 Pohang-Dong, Korea in 1952.
We had 6 aircraft and each was configured differently but all were airborne radar platforms in one way or another. As for the 3350's we had a major problem with replacement engines blowing up on first run. Seems they came out of overhaul with steel fileings in the sump. Very strange since they were overhauled at NAS San Diego. All in all it was a damn good aircraft but I would not have wanted to be an RO in one of those birds! 06/08/2006 @ 11:46 [ref: 13472] |
| Jim Wind Glendale, AZ | I was station at Fleet Air Gunnery Unit in El Central California form April 1956 to July of l958 in the Ordnance Division. Even though I did not work on the AD's, I was around them enough to know that they were an outstanding airplane. They were the maintance free airplane at the time and very dependable. After leaving El Centro, I went aboard the USS Bennington CVA 20 until my tour of duty was up. At the time there was a squadron of AD's aboard the ship. 08/11/2004 @ 00:41 [ref: 8028] |
| Jim Wind Glendale, AZ | I was station at Fleet Air Gunnery Unit in El Central California form April 1956 to July of l958 in the Ordnance Division. Even though I did not work on the AD's, I was around them enough to know that they were an outstanding airplane. They were the maintance free airplane at the time and very dependable. After leaving El Centro, I went aboard the USS Bennington CVA 20 until my tour of duty was up. At the time there was a squadron of AD's aboard the ship. 08/11/2004 @ 00:40 [ref: 8027] |
| Bob Burchardt Stillwater, OK | Are you really sure that the AD-6 had an R-3350-26WA engine? I thought those went out with the AD-1 and later models had either a WB or WD engine. We had considerable trouble with "rough running" 26WA engines at Cabaniss Field until the AD-1 was scrapped. The RREs (as per tower logbook) decreased markedly after that. 07/17/2004 @ 11:38 [ref: 7845] |
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