BRONCHO & 3 x SKYRAIDERS RC VIETNAM DISPLAY AT DUXFORD IWM - 2022

OV-10 BRONCHO - ARTF HANGAR 9 KIT - PILOT OWNER - TIM JACKSON,

THE THREE SKYRAIDERS ARE SCRATCH BUILT FROM ZIROLI PLANS - PILOTS / OWNERS - NIGEL I`ANSEN, MARK LATTER, JASON ELDRIDGE,

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s. The Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career; it became a piston-engined anachronism in the jet age, and was nicknamed "Spad", after the French World War I fighter.

Top speed: 515 km/h
Engine type: Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone
Retired: 1973 (US use); 1985 Gabonese Air Force
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft Company
Produced: 1945–1957
First flight: 18 March 1945
Developed into: Douglas A2D Skyshark

It was operated by the United States Navy (USN), the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and the United States Air Force (USAF), and also saw service with the British Royal Navy, the French Air Force, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF), and others. It remained in U.S. service until the early 1970s.

The jet powered A-10 Thunderbolt II was based on specifications for a modernized Skyraider with a heavy payload and good endurance
Vietnam War

A 1st SOS A-1E carrying a BLU-72/B, 1968
As American involvement in the Vietnam War began, the A-1 Skyraider was still the medium attack aircraft in many carrier air wings, although it was planned to be replaced by the A-6A Intruder as part of the general switch to jet aircraft.

Skyraiders from Constellation and Ticonderoga participated in the first U.S. Navy strikes against North Vietnam on 5 August 1964 as part of Operation Pierce Arrow in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, striking against fuel depots at Vinh, with one Skyraider from Ticonderoga damaged by anti-aircraft fire, and a second from Constellation shot down, killing its pilot, Lieutenant Richard Sather.

Shoot-downs
During the war, U.S. Navy Skyraiders used their cannon to shoot down two Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 jet fighters. The first, on 20 June 1965 by Lieutenant Clinton B. Johnson and LTJG Charles W. Hartman III of VA-25, was the first gun kill of the Vietnam War. The other was on 9 October 1966 by LTJG William T. Patton of VA-176.

North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco

The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is an American twin-turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency combat, and one of its primary missions was as a forward air control aircraft.
It can carry up to 3,200 lb (1,450 kg) of external munitions and internal loads such as paratroopers or stretchers, and can loiter for three or more hours.

Top speed : 452 km/h
Wingspan : 12 m
Unit cost : 480,000–480,000 USD
Manufacturer : North American Rockwell
Produced : 1965–1986
Retired : US (1995)
First flight : 16 July 1965
Number built : 360

Design

Engine installation on OV-10B Bronco

An OV-10A Bronco from VMO-1 takes off from the flight deck of USS Nassau in 1983
The OV-10 has a central nacelle containing pilots and cargo, and twin booms containing twin turboprop engines. The visually distinctive feature of the aircraft is the combination of the twin booms, with the horizontal stabilizer that connects them.

The aircraft had responsive handling and could fly for 5 1/2 hours with external fuel tanks. The cockpit had extremely good visibility for a tandem pilot and co-pilot, provided by a wrap-around "greenhouse" that was wider than the fuselage. North American Rockwell custom ejection seats were standard, with many successful ejections during service. With the second seat removed, it can carry 3,200 pounds (1,500 kg) of cargo, five paratroopers, or two litter patients and an attendant. Empty weight was 6,969 pounds (3,161 kg). Normal operating fueled weight with two crew was 9,908 pounds (4,494 kg). Maximum takeoff weight was 14,446 pounds (6,553 kg).

The bottom of the fuselage bore sponsons or "stub wings" that improved flight performance by decreasing aerodynamic drag underneath the fuselage. The sponsons were mounted horizontally on the prototype. Testing caused them to be redesigned for production aircraft; the downward angle of the sponsons on production models ensured that stores carried on the sponsons jettisoned cleanly.

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FILMED AT IWM DUXFORD, DUXFORD, ROYSTON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB22 4QR
ON 8-5-2022