Skyraider pilots were unique, their feats even earning respect from contemporaries who flew jets. Its four wing-mounted 20mm cannons, shooting at 800 rounds per minute each, provided it with bite ...

The A-1, first flown in the 1940s, was still serving in the 1970s—and in doing so had become the last propeller-driven fighter/attack aircraft ever to serve in the U.S. military. A Simple Design ...

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider was designed for the US Navy in the final years of World War II. The A-1, a piston-engine propeller plane, held its own even as the US embraced jet-powered aircraft. When ...

When the A-1 Skyraider Shot Down Two MiG-17 Jets Over Vietnam. March 22, 2025. By ... and even unconventional loads, like toilet bombs (don’t ask). As noted previously, four 20mm M2 cannons ...

The A-1, first flown in the 1940s, was still serving in the 1970s—and in doing so had become the last propeller-driven fighter/attack aircraft ever to serve in the U.S. military. A Simple Design ...