[sci.military] Skyraider origins

military-request@att.att.com (09/24/90)

From: p0.f7.n391.z1.fidonet.org!Scott.Johnson (Scott Johnson)

 AB> Not true.  The USAF was first to fly the A-1 Skyraider, and the 

        I don't think so. While the USAF may have flown them
 operationally for the first time, the Skyraider was designed as a
 replacement for the Navy's TBF. The original prototypes looked real
 strange, but you can still see the ol' spad.