Comments on: Able Dog: Was the AD Skyraider the Best Attack Bomber Ever Built? http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kent Murphy http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-1028573 Kent Murphy Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:58:25 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-1028573 My grandfather, Edward Woelm, flew the Skyraider during the Korean War and he always spoke highly of the aircraft. After he passed, I found some interesting films in his house which I had transferred to digital. One film depicts carrier operations aboard the Bon Homme Richard and the other is gun camera film from his Skyraider. I suggest you check them out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHgxF0Us_po http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O8KYsJ4ib4 My grandfather, Edward Woelm, flew the Skyraider during the Korean War and he always spoke highly of the aircraft. After he passed, I found some interesting films in his house which I had transferred to digital. One film depicts carrier operations aboard the Bon Homme Richard and the other is gun camera film from his Skyraider. I suggest you check them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHgxF0Us_po
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O8KYsJ4ib4

]]> By: Sid Gerling http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-812802 Sid Gerling Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:04:31 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-812802 I first worked on the AD-5 while in H&MS-33 at El Toro. We had 2 AD's, one was a 5 and the other was a 4na. I used to fly in the AD-4na in order to get my flight pay. Several times I flew in the AD-5 from El Toro to NAS Sand Point in Seattle. Four of us used to take the trip. MSGT Woodring was the pilot, GYSGT Maiberger in the right seat and myself and a SSGT from supply rode in the back. We would fly from El Toro to McClellend AFB, then to Larson AFB, and then to Sand Point. I later worked on AD's while in VMA-121 in Iwakuni, Japan. Fantastic aircraft, I absolutely loved them. I first worked on the AD-5 while in H&MS-33 at El Toro. We had 2 AD's, one was a 5 and the other was a 4na. I used to fly in the AD-4na in order to get my flight pay. Several times I flew in the AD-5 from El Toro to NAS Sand Point in Seattle. Four of us used to take the trip. MSGT Woodring was the pilot, GYSGT Maiberger in the right seat and myself and a SSGT from supply rode in the back. We would fly from El Toro to McClellend AFB, then to Larson AFB, and then to Sand Point.

I later worked on AD's while in VMA-121 in Iwakuni, Japan. Fantastic aircraft, I absolutely loved them.

]]> By: Ian White http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-792504 Ian White Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:22:43 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-792504 As one who had the privelage of knowing Ed Heinemann personally, and therefore I am not exactly unbiased, I would rate the Skyraider as one of the best attack aircraft ever built and certainly the best piston-engined version. In respect of its performance, versitility, load-carry capability, carrier compatability and longevity, it certainly took some beating. Only the de Havilland Mosquito comes close to meeting these criteria. As one who had the privelage of knowing Ed Heinemann personally, and therefore I am not exactly unbiased, I would rate the Skyraider as one of the best attack aircraft ever built and certainly the best piston-engined version. In respect of its performance, versitility, load-carry capability, carrier compatability and longevity, it certainly took some beating. Only the de Havilland Mosquito comes close to meeting these criteria.

]]> By: MAJ PHIL T. VAUGHN (r)ang http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-788328 MAJ PHIL T. VAUGHN (r)ang Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:11:12 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-788328 THE LAST ENTRY I SEE WAS 2/22/2011, LIKE ALMOST A YEAR AGO, HAS NO ONE ENTER ANY THING SINCE THAN?? I TO WAS A AD5N ECM OPERATOR WITH VAAW 33 1958-1963, HOME BASED AT NAS QUONSET PT , DETACHMENTS ON BOARD THE USS INTREPID, AND USS RANGER. I THEN SPENT THE REST OF MY CAREER IN THE USNR IN A P2V7n SQUADRON AT THE OLD SOUTH WEYMOUTH NAVAL AIR STATION . I THEN SPENT 10 YEARS IN THE ARNG AS A MEDICAL LOGISTIC OFFICER, RETIRING AS A MAJOR. THE LAST ENTRY I SEE WAS 2/22/2011, LIKE ALMOST A YEAR AGO, HAS NO ONE ENTER ANY THING SINCE THAN??
I TO WAS A AD5N ECM OPERATOR WITH VAAW 33 1958-1963,
HOME BASED AT NAS QUONSET PT , DETACHMENTS ON BOARD THE USS INTREPID, AND USS RANGER. I THEN SPENT THE REST OF MY CAREER IN THE USNR IN A P2V7n SQUADRON AT THE OLD SOUTH WEYMOUTH NAVAL AIR STATION . I THEN SPENT 10 YEARS IN THE ARNG AS A MEDICAL LOGISTIC OFFICER, RETIRING AS A MAJOR.

]]> By: John Connaughton http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-470644 John Connaughton Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:49:08 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-470644 To Clint Johnson: Bill Byrne was a Marine AD pilot and the husband of Jane Byrne a one-time mayor of Chicago. As you said, he died in an aircraft accident at NAS Glenview. I served in the Marines with Bill Byrne. Do you know anything more about his accident? To Clint Johnson: Bill Byrne was a Marine AD pilot and the husband of Jane Byrne a one-time mayor of Chicago. As you said, he died in an aircraft accident at NAS Glenview. I served in the Marines with Bill Byrne. Do you know anything more about his accident?

]]> By: Byron Hukee http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-373838 Byron Hukee Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:09:24 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-373838 The Skyraider was indeed a great aircraft... perfectly designed for the role in which we in the USAF employed it. I have developed a two-part website devoted entirely to the Skyraider. My A-1 Skyraider Combat Journal chronicles my 138 combat missions in Southeast Asia. Have a look at http://skyraider.org and drop me a note. SpadGuy The Skyraider was indeed a great aircraft… perfectly designed for the role in which we in the USAF employed it. I have developed a two-part website devoted entirely to the Skyraider. My A-1 Skyraider Combat Journal chronicles my 138 combat missions in Southeast Asia. Have a look at http://skyraider.org and drop me a note.

SpadGuy

]]> By: Malcolm Duncan http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-343748 Malcolm Duncan Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:51:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-343748 In 1968,eleven years after the last A-1 rolled off the production line,the Department of Defense gave serious consideration to restarting production of the A-1.Unfortunately,this was considered cost-prohibited. In 1968,eleven years after the last A-1 rolled off the production line,the Department of Defense gave serious consideration to restarting production of the A-1.Unfortunately,this was considered cost-prohibited.

]]> By: Clint Johnson http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-140158 Clint Johnson Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:54 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-140158 The first flight of the Skyraider was 3/18/1945 not 3/19. Not mentioned was the long use of the A-1 by the South and later North Vietnamese Air Forces. Also, the USAF flew A-1s in the VN theatre from '61 to '75. The french operated them from carriers and used them extensively in Africa. The Swedes used them as target tugs (these aircraft comprise most of the civilian owned A-1s in the U.S.). Not much mention of the AD-5 (A1E) which was used extensively as an AEW aircraft, target tug and rescap aircraft. The last U.S. military service A-1 was an A1E operated by the USMC at Quantico. For Joseph vol pendesta: maybe you remember that Mayor Jane Byrnes' husband was killed at NAS Glenview in an AD-5 in the fifties. The first flight of the Skyraider was 3/18/1945 not 3/19. Not
mentioned was the long use of the A-1 by the South and later
North Vietnamese Air Forces. Also, the USAF flew A-1s in the
VN theatre from '61 to '75. The french operated them from
carriers and used them extensively in Africa. The Swedes
used them as target tugs (these aircraft comprise most of the
civilian owned A-1s in the U.S.). Not much mention of the
AD-5 (A1E) which was used extensively as an AEW aircraft,
target tug and rescap aircraft. The last U.S. military service
A-1 was an A1E operated by the USMC at Quantico. For Joseph
vol pendesta: maybe you remember that Mayor Jane Byrnes'
husband was killed at NAS Glenview in an AD-5 in the fifties.

]]> By: josephvolpendesta http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-89296 josephvolpendesta Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:08:43 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-89296 I remember as a young pup, seeing the AM-1 Maulers that had been sent to Glenview NAS outside of Chicago about 1950ish. The Patrol Squadron at Glenview was still flying PBYs. The Maulers were eventually replaced by ADs in the reserve units. I remember as a young pup, seeing the AM-1 Maulers that had been sent to Glenview NAS outside of Chicago about 1950ish. The Patrol Squadron at Glenview was still flying PBYs. The Maulers were eventually replaced by ADs in the reserve units.

]]> By: Lt. (Skip) Wellstone http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-57309 Lt. (Skip) Wellstone Fri, 01 May 2009 19:01:49 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/able-dog-was-the-ad-skyraider-the-best-attack-bomber-ever-built.htm#comment-57309 anyone ever hear whatever happened to a young Lt Joe Hayduk on the USS Boxer. He was only aboard a short time as three MIGS ended his Navy career. Skip he hayduk anyone ever hear whatever happened to a young Lt Joe Hayduk
on the USS Boxer. He was only aboard a short time as three MIGS
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