Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: al.weaver@rose.toronto.edu Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: A-1 Message-ID: <1991Jan28.034946.6811@cbnews.att.com> Date: 28 Jan 91 03:49:46 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 33 Approved: military@att.att.com From: al.weaver@rose.toronto.edu Hugh LaMaster -- RCS writes: % %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: % %1) Who made it? % %2) What other designations did it have? % %3) Why can't I find it in Jane's in the 50's or 60's? Where should %I look? It was built as the AD-1 Skyraider for the U.S. Navy by Douglas Aircraft in 1945, and saw service in the Korean Conflict. Around 1962. it was re-designated A-1. The U.S.A.F. became interested in them in the Vietnam era as a battlefield support weapon, so some were transferred from the Navy to them. There were various versions, including a multi-seat variant. You should be able to find it in Jane's. Perhaps you should check the 1940s editions. There are other books on the aircraft but I can't think of any off-hand. al.weaver@rose.uucp --- MaS Relayer v1.00.00 Message gatewayed by MaS Network Software and Consulting/HST Internet: al.weaver@rose.uucp UUCP: ...tmsoft!masnet!rose!al.weaver