Afternoon Forum
Am seeking forum member owned Douglas Skyraider images for a pending book publication. Particularly interested in currently airworthy Skyraiders in past and current paint schemes.
Images must be owned by the forum member, although interesting, images brought in from the internet are not what I am after.
So if you have spied and snapped a few pictures of Skyraiders in the air in the last 20 years, and are interested in having your work published in a book, please post here and I’ll contact everyone individually. Obviously full credit will be given to those that provide the images.
Or alternatively, email me at [email]office@thegliderworkshop.co.uk[/email] if you don’t wish to post here.
Also interested in any forum members photos of Skyraiders spotted in museums around the world, particularly Swedish target tug machines of which there are very few images floating about that I can use!
It is unfortunate that having contacted many museums in the hope they will supply images of their aircraft on display, few have returned any contact. Hopefully – some interesting images out there in forum land!
FB
By: Archer - 1st March 2017 at 21:46
Found another one. Titusville, FL in March 2002.
Skyraider_Titusville_2002_1 by Jelle Hieminga, on Flickr
Skyraider_Titusville_2002_2 by Jelle Hieminga, on Flickr
By: stirlingeffort - 1st March 2017 at 21:15
…like this one taken at Yeovilton 1993 – unfortunately through a window
Graham
By: Wyvernfan - 1st March 2017 at 20:27
What happened to all the RN FAA ” Cod ” A/C on board the carriers, and 849 at Culdrose ??
I think the ex RN AEW.1 Skyraiders were either scrapped or went on to become target tugs with the Swedish airforce.
WV106, the ex Helston / Culdrose example is in external storage at the FAAM at Yeovilton. But the museum also has a second example, WT121, kept indoors!
Rob
By: Mark12 - 1st March 2017 at 10:27
Legends 2010
By: Chad Veich - 1st March 2017 at 03:48
Although very meager by comparison here are my humble offerings. Might have a few others stashed away, will have to look around.
By: Propstrike - 28th February 2017 at 23:57
Never seen photos of the near mid-air before. That was WAY too close for comfort.
Hard to judge the distance, but the Skyraider has an on-crowd vector at that point.
By: bleeming - 28th February 2017 at 22:20
What happened to all the RN FAA ” Cod ” A/C on board the carriers, and 849 at Culdrose ??
By: Fournier Boy - 28th February 2017 at 22:02
Thank you all – some superb images here – Will send a few more emails out to individual posters in the morning – for those I don’t have emails for there will be some pm’s!
FB
By: Rocketeer - 28th February 2017 at 21:32
my fav and view from the Blue Room
By: Rocketeer - 28th February 2017 at 21:27
here is Sky11
By: Rocketeer - 28th February 2017 at 21:26
a few from me. The poor ones are photos of photos, but could scan if any wanted. Sky10 and Sky11 were scary because it was the same year we saw the loss of BBD. Albeit later. They show one of the skyraiders coming very close to taking out MH434 (which was on its approach).
By: 91Regal - 28th February 2017 at 20:47
This any use ?- o.k. it’s skulking behind the Avenger but it’s a reasonable air-to-air.
By: stirlingeffort - 28th February 2017 at 18:32
Here are a few more from overseas
Graham
Pensacola
Chino
Chino
RThai AF Museum Don Muang
USS Midway
Pima
Pensacola
McClellan AFB
By: stirlingeffort - 28th February 2017 at 18:15
Here are a few pictures taken at Duxford
Graham
By: ollieholmes - 28th February 2017 at 16:02
Email sent.
By: Archer - 28th February 2017 at 13:14
Zoersel, September 1991 (unfortunately not a very good quality negative).
Skyraider_OO_Zoersel1992 by Jelle Hieminga, on Flickr
Duxford, July 2000
Skyraider_Duxford_2000_1 by Jelle Hieminga, on Flickr
Skyraider_Duxford_2000_2 by Jelle Hieminga, on Flickr
By: Jur - 28th February 2017 at 09:14
A few from my archives:
Flying Legends 2003
Lelystad (NL) – Aviodrome 2011
Flying Legends 2012
Lelystad (NL)- Aviodrome 2013
By: Rocketeer - 28th February 2017 at 05:17
I have pix of the lovely Collings Spad, inside and out and pix of variou Spads around including the NW examples just after they arrived.
By: Propstrike - 27th February 2017 at 22:24
Excuse my curiosity Lazy8, just wondering if the colours could be lifted a bit.
By: Lazy8 - 27th February 2017 at 21:32
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Not sure if these are fit to be included. It certainly wasn’t airworthy at the time, but it is one of the Swedish tugs, I think. Round the back at North Weald, sometime in spring 1987 if memory serves correctly – so outside your 20 year window too…
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February 27, 2017 at 4:37 pm