The douglas a3d skywarrior was the us.

A3 skywarrior interior. Navys first twinjet nuclear bomber. To place an a 3 skywarrior aircraft on static display at the naval air station whidbey island as a memorial to those who flew it those who perished and those who provided support for the aircraft and its missions. Shortly after its acceptance it was assigned to operation redwing a series of 17 nuclear tests conducted at kwajalein atoll eniwetok atoll and bikini atoll in the south pacific in 1956.

Douglas started designing the airplane in 1947 after the us. Subsequently john flew the skywarrior in squadrons vah 2 vaw 13 vaq 130 and vaq 130 det. A 3 skywarrior whidbey memorial foundation po.

Navy commissioned studies to determine whether it was possible to overcome weight problems and build a carrier based strategic bomber. Photo from wikimedia commons that plane is the a 3 skywarrior often called the whale due to its size. Or click the first picture and then advance manually with the previousnextview allview full size buttons.

Thanks to everyone for being a part of history and preserving yet another cold war warrior the ea 3b skywarrior carrier based electronic warfare fast attack alpha three. Navy aircraft carrier a fact that inspired the nickname the whale first delivered to the fleet in 1956 the a3d represented carrier aviations atomic punch equipping heavy attack squadrons. It certainly was big more than 76 feet long and with a 72 foot wingspan and a maximum takeoff weight of 82000 pounds.

Box 1402 oak harbor wa 98277. The ra 3b skywarrior decked out in camouflage and displaying its various reconnaissance package options. Photo gallery of a douglas a 3 skywarrior the douglas a 3 skywarrior was designed as a strategic bomber for the united states navy and was among the longest serving carrier based aircraft in historyit entered service in the mid 1950s and was retired in 1991.

This grass roots move and restoration managed by a few veteran sailors supported by 40 volunteers with donations of 105000 from 120 outstanding folks is complete. In 1969 he became xo of the new skywarrior squadron vaq 133 and was deployed on the uss constellation cva 64. The douglas a 3 skywarrior is a jet powered strategic bomber that was developed and produced by the douglas aircraft company.

It was designed by douglas on behalf of the united states navy which sought a carrier capable strategic bomberduring july 1949 douglas was awarded the contract to produce its design having bested eight other aircraft companies submissions. You will see the captions in this mode. With a gross weight of 82000 pounds the a3d redesignated a 3 skywarrior was the largest aircraft to ever operate from a us.

Douglas a 3d1 skywarrior navy buno 135434 sn 10327 was delivered to the navy in november 1955.