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A-1 Skyraider: The U.S. Military's Last Propeller-Driven Fighter
A-1 Skyraider: The Prop-Powered Attack Aircraft ... World War II airframes including the Douglas SBD Dauntless, the Grumman TBF Avenger, and the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. With completely straight ...
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The A-6 Intruder Bomber Fought Hard for the Navy and Marines in Vietnam
Expected to replace the ageing, prop-driven A-1 Skyraider, the A-6 actually coexisted ... to the inclusion of a turbine engine. Built by Grumman, who would later build the Lunar Module within ...
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This Day in Aviation: First Flight of the Grumman AF Guardian
Grumman submitted two twin-engine designs ... It was also at this time when the Navy, seeing that multirole aircraft such as the AD Skyraider that could dive bomb and deliver torpedoes were ...