Douglas Skyraider with wings folded and faux weapons
The Douglas Skyraider prototype first appeared in 1945, designed as a multi-attack aircraft for teh US Navy. Carrier-based, the Skyraider was able to carry a wide variety of weapons. The Skyraider first saw combat in the Korean War where its long loiter time and load-hauling capability gave it an advantage over the jet aircraft of the time.
Size: 6144px × 4088px
Location: Nampa Idaho Canyon County
Photo credit: © Mike Shipman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -bird, 2, 51, aeroplane, air, aircraft, airplane, airport, america, american, attraction, big, black, bomber, buffalo, camouflage, canopy, canyon, carrier, county, crazy, culture, destination, display, dog, dumptruck, education, educational, face, faithful, fat, fighter, firefly, flight, flying, gun, guppy, history, hobo, horizontal, icon, idaho, ii, invitational, korean, legacy, miscellaneous, missiles, museum, nampa, north, parked, plane, restoration, restored, rockets, sandy, spad, states, tourism, travel, underside, united, usa, war, warbird, warhawk, water, weapons, world, wwii, zorro
