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Span: |
12.25" |
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9.5" |
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Price: $129.95
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The A-1H Skyraider USN model aircraft
comes with a handsome mahogany-based chrome pedestal, and undergoes
various stages of quality control before being placed in its box.
The A-1H Skyraider USN scale model aircraft is perfect as an
addition to a growing collection or as an exquisite gift to a loved
one. Each A-1H Skyraider USN replica will surely mesmerize aviation
enthusiasts and hobbyists for it is truly a work of art that relives
their memory of the actual A-1H Skyraider USN.
A-1H Skyraider USN History:
The Douglas A-1 Skyraider was planned and manufactured as a
carrier-based attack aircraft in 1944, the A-1 attained frontline
units too late to see combat in World War II. With the introduction
of jets in the late 1940s, the A-1 was seen as a dated throwback to
the golden age of piston-engined naval aviation. Despite its days
seemingly numbered, the A-1 proved to be a huge success in the
Korean War. Remaining in production through to 1957, some 3,180
Skyraiders had been built by the time the last one left the Douglas
plant. Nicknamed the " Spad" the A-1 remained a key component in
naval air wings into the 1960s, allowing the aircraft to play its
part in the escalating conflict in Vietnam.
The A-1H Skyraider with its powerful, deep-engine
roar, always gets a lot of attention at airshows. The Skyraider was
a Vietnam War veteran aircraft, having been based there from
1967-1972 as a search and rescue plane. The aircraft may also be
familiar to some from its days at the old Museum of Flying in Santa
Monica.
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