The A-1 Skyraider was a relatively simple machine. Designed to satisfy U.S. Navy requirements for a carrier-based, single-seat, long-range dive/torpedo bomber, the A-1 was meant to replace World ...

Four Navy Douglas ... combat. The Skyraider pilots returned safely, though one A-1H sustained damage from enemy ground fire during the mission. The event highlighted the A-1’s versatility ...

The aircraft is named after the Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a piston-engined attack aircraft that served during the Korean and Vietnan Wars. “Skyraider II represents not just a new platform ...