The bill would name the bridge off of Highway 5 in honor of LCDR Carl J. Woods, whose plane went down in Vietnam.
The Skyraider was tough and durable and included extra armor plating around the cockpit to protect the pilot. While the A-1 entered service too late to fly against Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan ...
Known as the “Able Dog” by military aerospace enthusiasts, America’s A-1 Skyraider was an iconic warplane that was designed in 1943, during the height of the Second World War, and fought in ...
Expected to replace the ageing, prop-driven A-1 Skyraider, the A-6 actually coexisted ... an unusual configuration inside the cockpit: the pilot and the bombardier/navigator sat side-by-side ...