Douglas A1 Skyraider Walk Around
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Betty Wheaton documents arrival of Douglas A-1 Skyraiders at Zamperini Field and interviews pilots about the aircraft. Produced by Jarel & Betty Wheaton for Peninsula Seniors pvseniors.org
My father was an Airdale with VA-175 (Devils Diplomats) in 1957 to 1958 on board CVA-42, Franklin D.Roosevelt. At the time they were flying the AD-6’s. He told me lots of stories about working in the Spads. He did tell me that they were equipped to deliver nuclear bombs and in the Med Sea during the Suez crisis, they did. My father lived those planes and was very proud to be part of that fighter Squad.
VA-175 was disbanded after that cruise due to the loss of so many of the planes during a search and recovery operation north of the Arctic Circle. It was in interesting story my dad told.
I lost my dad 9 years ago. Seeing this video and his favorite airplane made me feel a little closer to him. Thank you for posting.
My late father-in-law Lt. Col Gerald Ransom flew A-1 Skyraiders in Korea and Vietnam...he was the 1st USAF pilot to fly a 100 missions over N. Vietnam...he had 366 hours over N.Vietnam and had 326 missions in S.E. Asia...🇺🇸
The Mighty O CV/CVA 34 gone but her exploits shall be remembered always.
So very cool! I came across your video as I'm doing research on drawing an A-1E Skyraider for the AFROTC at the University of Utah. It's a great interview, and great information, thank you.
Check that MIG shootdown - it was VA-25 , "Fist of the Fleet", flying off the USS Midway.
Check out VA 176. The bumblebee was our creation, and we did have MiG kills, off The Intrepid in 66. The Va 25 kill was before this, and I worked with him at Delta. Clint Johnson was his name as I recall. Tom ( Lurch ) Patton was the 176 pilot that you can find info on if interested.
Grandpa & grandma keep appearing on my CZcams!
I think I will buy one....😜
wait a min....you have an air show at the Torrance airport? How long has this been going on?
This guy just claimed the A-1 was the first prop plane designed to deliver atomic bombs? But the B-29...?
I guess it was a three-sandwich airplane.