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Wingspan: 17.75"
Fuselage Length: 13.75"
A-1 Skyraider Model Airplane: Top-Notch and State-of-the-Art Quality
Our A-1 Skyraider model airplane is delicately handcrafted and made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Painstakingly and passionately worked by our master craftsmen on the A-1 Skyraider model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.
The A1 Skyraider comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality A1 Skyraider model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.
A-1 Skyraider History:
The Douglas A-1 (formerly AD) Skyraider was an American single-seat attack aircraft that saw service between the 1950s and early 1970s. Nicknamed "Spad", the Skyraider was a propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age. With its huge four-bladed propeller hanging out in front, the Skyraider had enormous lifting capacity. It was used extensively in Vietnam for it's flexible weapons load and endurance to loiter for long periods of time over the battlefield. The Skyraider Spad made its first flight on 18 March 1945.
The Skyraider is the first single seat torpedo and dive bomber that served the Navy. During the World War II, Douglas proposed a design to the US Navy for the replacement of SBD dive bomber. The A-1E Skyraider made its first flight on March 1945 and for the next twelve years; Douglas persistently improved the A-1E Skyraider. The USAF altered the Navy's AD-5 and re-designated it to A-1E in 1963. The A-1E Skyraider has the ability to carry large bomb loads, absorb heavy ground fire and fly for long periods at low altitude. The A-1E Skyraider was absolutely suited for close support missions.
A-1 Skyraider production ended in 1957 with a total of 3,180 built. In 1962, the existing Skyraiders were redesignated A-1D through A-1J and later used by both the USAF and the Navy in the Vietnam War.
