Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsl!cbnewsk!cbnewsj!cbnewsi!cbnewsh!cbnewse!cbnewsd!cbfsb!cbnewsc!cbnews!cbnews!military From: fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: A-1 Message-ID: <1991Jan25.030047.8213@cbnews.att.com> Date: 25 Jan 91 03:00:47 GMT References: <1991Jan24.031938.17564@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 31 Approved: military@att.att.com From: fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) In article <1991Jan24.031938.17564@cbnews.att.com>, lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster -- RCS) writes: > > > From: Hugh LaMaster -- RCS > > Twice in the last two years I have heard of a small propeller plane of > apparently 50's vintage used in Vietnam until 1968 or so. This plane > was for ground attack and infantry support roles. The Air Force > apparently referred to it as the "A-1". My questions are: Douglas A-1 Skyraider (original Navy designation AD-1). Also called "Spad" or "Sandy". Small...single-engined, yes. It's payload was close to that of a B-17. Compared to jets, it had much greater loiter time for ground-support missions. The recent film "Flight of the Intruder" has some Skyraiders flying support near the end of the film. (For once you see real A-1's, rather than T-6's playing the role of Yet Another Round-Engined Fighter.) -- ------------ The only drawback with morning is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ------------