A-1 Carrier Takeoff

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A-1 Carrier Takeoff

Postby spreilly » Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:33 pm

"Heritage Flight" of a USMC A-1H off of the USS Nimitz

The Douglas A-1 (formerly AD) Skyraider 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 1 fighter. The Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career and inspired the straight-winged, slow-flying, jet-powered successor, the A-10 Thunderbolt II ("Warthog").

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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Aircraft: Tim Conrad's A-1H for FSX
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Carriers: Javier Fernandez's USS Nimitz
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Re: A-1 Carrier Takeoff

Postby patchz » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:32 am

Cool perspective. :)
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If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.
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Re: A-1 Carrier Takeoff

Postby Tai-2 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:34 pm

I almost used this plane, one of my favorites out there.
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Re: A-1 Carrier Takeoff

Postby patchz » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:29 pm

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