A special shot if you click on this thread...

[flyboy 28]

Sussex Airshow 2004... Had just rained making for good shots...

A nice Goodyear F4U Corsair...


A nicer Douglas A-1 Skyraider or "Sandy"

































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And maybe the most famous plane in Flight Sim, "Briefing Time"! Was to my surprise to see her sitting on the flight line as well.

More to come later...

[Threadkiller]

nice!! i went to the susex airshow 3 times while i lived in NJ al free hehehehe is the texan that was based there still flying?

[alrot]

Nice shots Flyboy 28

[Wing Nut]

Very nice, but I thought the Skyraider was designated AD-4...

[flyboy 28]

Thanks, all... Kevin, I thought so too, but the program said it was an A-1... That may be an earlier model...?

[Craig.]

good photos, your skills seem to be improving:)

[Hagar]

Nice shots Flyboy.

PS. Sussex Airshow 2004. Thought for one moment I'd missed out on something.
Quite a coincidence that I live in another Sussex - 3,000 miles away from yours.

[Felix/FFDS]

Very nice, but I thought the Skyraider was designated AD-4...

You're both right.

The Douglas Skyraider was the AD  (-4 being the variant).  In 1962 (thereabouts) the designation of most military aircraft was "consolidated" and the AD became the A-1 (just as the F4H and F-110 became the F-4; but the few reamining F4D Skyrays I believe retained their F4D designations - Don't ask why the F-117 remains in the century series of fighter designations when it's really an attack ("A") aircraft.

[flyboy 28]

Heh... Unless you wanna quick hop a BA flight, you're outta luck till next year.

Thanks all...

[flyboy 28]

Cool. Thanks for the info, Felix.