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Did'nt know their model designation. 
Did'nt know their model designation.
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Credit goes to AVWEB . COM for this beauty. (sorry about the size of it, however I didn't want to change the original)
http://www.avweb.com/newspics/potw/large/potw05_1609.jpg
http://www.avweb.com/newspics/potw/large/potw05_1609.jpg
Thats what i call a STOL aircraft !!
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Nothing beats Round Engines
Data from McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920 [29]
General characteristics
The A-1 Skyraider received various nicknames including: "Spad" and "Super Spad" (derived from the aircraft's AD designation, its relative longevity in service and an allusion to the "Spad" aircraft of World War I), "Able Dog" (phonetic AD), "the Destroyer", "Hobo" (radio call sign of the USAF 1st Air Commando/1st Special Operations Squadron), "Firefly" (a call sign of the 602nd ACS/SOS), "Zorro" (the call sign of the 22nd SOS), "The Big Gun," "Old Faithful," "Old Miscellaneous," "Fat Face" (AD-5/A-1E version, side-by-side seating), "Guppy" (AD-5W version), "Q-Bird" (AD-1Q/AD-5Q versions), "Flying Dumptruck" (A-1E), "Sandy" (the 602nd ACS/SOS call sign for Combat Search And Rescue helicopter escort), and "Crazy Water Buffalo" (South Vietnamese nickname).
While the Skyraider is not as iconic as some other aircraft, it has been featured in some Vietnam-era films such as The Green Berets (1968), Flight of the Intruder (1991) flying as Sandy escort, and in We Were Soldiers (2002) in the ground support role. The Skyraider also played a computer-generated role in Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn (2007).[13] Skyraiders were also featured in the classic Korean war movie The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953). A formation of U.S. Navy A-1s stood in for U.S. Army Air Force P-47s in the 1962 film The Longest Day
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Data from McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920 [29]
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 38 ft 10 in (11.84 m)
- Wingspan: 50 ft 0¼ in (15.25 m)
- Height: 15 ft 8¼ in (4.78 m)
- Wing area: 400.3 ft² (37.19 m²)
- Empty weight: 11,968 lb (5,429 kg)
- Loaded weight: 18,106 lb (8,213 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 25,000 lb (11,340 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Wright R-3350-26WA radial engine, 2,700 hp (2,000 kW)
- Maximum speed: 322 mph (280 kn, 518 km/h) at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
- Cruise speed: 198 mph (172 kn, 319 km/h)
- Range: 1,316 mi (1,144 nmi, 2,115 km)
- Service ceiling: 28,500 ft (8,685 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,850 ft/min (14.5 m/s)
- Wing loading: 45 lb/ft² (220 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.15 hp/lb (250 W/kg)
- Guns: 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) M2 cannon
- Other: Up to 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) of ordnance on 15 external hardpoints including bombs, torpedoes, mine dispensers, unguided rockets, or gun pods
The A-1 Skyraider received various nicknames including: "Spad" and "Super Spad" (derived from the aircraft's AD designation, its relative longevity in service and an allusion to the "Spad" aircraft of World War I), "Able Dog" (phonetic AD), "the Destroyer", "Hobo" (radio call sign of the USAF 1st Air Commando/1st Special Operations Squadron), "Firefly" (a call sign of the 602nd ACS/SOS), "Zorro" (the call sign of the 22nd SOS), "The Big Gun," "Old Faithful," "Old Miscellaneous," "Fat Face" (AD-5/A-1E version, side-by-side seating), "Guppy" (AD-5W version), "Q-Bird" (AD-1Q/AD-5Q versions), "Flying Dumptruck" (A-1E), "Sandy" (the 602nd ACS/SOS call sign for Combat Search And Rescue helicopter escort), and "Crazy Water Buffalo" (South Vietnamese nickname).
While the Skyraider is not as iconic as some other aircraft, it has been featured in some Vietnam-era films such as The Green Berets (1968), Flight of the Intruder (1991) flying as Sandy escort, and in We Were Soldiers (2002) in the ground support role. The Skyraider also played a computer-generated role in Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn (2007).[13] Skyraiders were also featured in the classic Korean war movie The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953). A formation of U.S. Navy A-1s stood in for U.S. Army Air Force P-47s in the 1962 film The Longest Day
Related developmentComparable aircraft
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More old wartime ord(i)nance - past its use-by date..
What you found poking around old battlefields on your days off -
Bloody Ridge in the late '70's
What you found poking around old battlefields on your days off -
Bloody Ridge in the late '70's
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The boys did a great job going up there year after year cleaning it up..
nearly blew me up once, was coming back in an Islander and was one minute or two miles from joining on downwind on the coast at a thousand feet, when the mushroom cloud from the pile on the beach went up ahead of me. They were letting them go just using the flight schedule times. When I got on the ground I got the Army Demo lads to co-ordinate better with Flight Service with a two way link for the off schedule and charter flights as well.. Another time was watching a soccer match at the main ground, when we heard a bomb go off over behind the residential areas - a local on one side said 'Bomb', the one on the other side said 'Shell' - they were used to it and thought they could tell the difference.. someone had let a fire go in the long grass, which set it off.. used to happen every summer.. rarely anyone killed.
(Yes - Mortar, then there is a Shell and an American Grenade, a Shell, and a Japanese Grenade)
But.. still it does happen sometimes..
Postscript from The Solomon Star
Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:53
THREE people were killed and two others injured in a bomb blast on Sunday in Yandina, Central Islands Province.
The incident occurred at a place called Levers Point, when the five were trying to extract powder from unexploded World War II bombs.
A Yandina resident Samani Ramo said two adults and a child were killed and two other children were critically injured and are admitted at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara.
“They set out in two canoes with fishing gears and cooking pots,” Mr Ramo said.
He said the pots were used to boil the unexploded bombs after which they would extract the powder.
He said the powder is normally brought to Honiara where it would be sold to fishermen.
“Some fishermen use the powder to make dynamite for fishing.”
Mr Ramo said they already boiled about five bombs and three were still boiling in a pot when the incident occurred.
“It was a separate bomb that suddenly detonated when one of them was fiddling with it.”
He said the blast ripped through the three, cutting off hands and legs.
The five are originally from North Malaita.
nearly blew me up once, was coming back in an Islander and was one minute or two miles from joining on downwind on the coast at a thousand feet, when the mushroom cloud from the pile on the beach went up ahead of me. They were letting them go just using the flight schedule times. When I got on the ground I got the Army Demo lads to co-ordinate better with Flight Service with a two way link for the off schedule and charter flights as well..
Another time was watching a soccer match at the main ground, when we heard a bomb go off over behind the residential areas - a local on one side said 'Bomb', the one on the other side said 'Shell' - they were used to it and thought they could tell the difference.. someone had let a fire go in the long grass, which set it off.. used to happen every summer.. rarely anyone killed.(Yes - Mortar, then there is a Shell and an American Grenade, a Shell, and a Japanese Grenade)
But.. still it does happen sometimes..
Postscript from The Solomon Star
Tuesday, 22 December 2009 13:53
THREE people were killed and two others injured in a bomb blast on Sunday in Yandina, Central Islands Province.
The incident occurred at a place called Levers Point, when the five were trying to extract powder from unexploded World War II bombs.
A Yandina resident Samani Ramo said two adults and a child were killed and two other children were critically injured and are admitted at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara.
“They set out in two canoes with fishing gears and cooking pots,” Mr Ramo said.
He said the pots were used to boil the unexploded bombs after which they would extract the powder.
He said the powder is normally brought to Honiara where it would be sold to fishermen.
“Some fishermen use the powder to make dynamite for fishing.”
Mr Ramo said they already boiled about five bombs and three were still boiling in a pot when the incident occurred.
“It was a separate bomb that suddenly detonated when one of them was fiddling with it.”
He said the blast ripped through the three, cutting off hands and legs.
The five are originally from North Malaita.
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You could use a sign there that says 'Brahman Crossing', Doc.
Landed at 'Glencoe' west of the Towers a few years ago, and had to do the same thing for the deer.. and they were in bigger mobs..
p.s. Got a bad case of cows..t in the wheelwells of a 36 once at Monduran after the cattle had been on the strip overnight. It was dry and hard to remove at Rocky later..
Landed at 'Glencoe' west of the Towers a few years ago, and had to do the same thing for the deer.. and they were in bigger mobs..
p.s. Got a bad case of cows..t in the wheelwells of a 36 once at Monduran after the cattle had been on the strip overnight. It was dry and hard to remove at Rocky later..
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frigatebird,
That doesn't look like any ordinance
I have ever seen, and I should know! If you want to see an ordinance please go visit your local council. On the other hand they are good examples of ordnance (Sorry one of my pet peeves is when people mistake a piece of paper/rule for an item of explosive. Newspapers do it all the time).
Now I have that off my chest here is some aeroplane photos, of a Spad (albeit electronic warfare one) from Sun-n-fun. Would make the ideal family airborne station wagon I reckon. Lots of seats for the whole family plus all the ordnance you need to deal with pesky neighbors who complain about noise
! Those who do not like the sound of round simply just don't get it!
(Yes the lens was dirty!)
Cheers
Mr B
That doesn't look like any ordinance
I have ever seen, and I should know! If you want to see an ordinance please go visit your local council. On the other hand they are good examples of ordnance (Sorry one of my pet peeves is when people mistake a piece of paper/rule for an item of explosive. Newspapers do it all the time).Now I have that off my chest here is some aeroplane photos, of a Spad (albeit electronic warfare one) from Sun-n-fun. Would make the ideal family airborne station wagon I reckon. Lots of seats for the whole family plus all the ordnance you need to deal with pesky neighbors who complain about noise
! Those who do not like the sound of round simply just don't get it!(Yes the lens was dirty!)
Cheers
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BTW the "shells" are actually mortars as well. Fired from a small man-portable mortar tube that has a shroud or plate that fits on the knee. It is only a short range mortar, a couple of hundred yards, otherwise it would hurt thy knee a little too much!
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Thanks for the finer points of ordinance versus ordnance, Bomb. I shall take the "i" out of the word in future. Please reciprocate and oblige with the plural "are", instead of the singular "is" when describing some aeroplane photos 
You haven't been to the Solomons have you ? There are still ongoing needs for visits, - preferably from Bomb Disposal teams from the previous combatants who littered the place originally.
You haven't been to the Solomons have you ? There are still ongoing needs for visits, - preferably from Bomb Disposal teams from the previous combatants who littered the place originally.
