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The NASA Oblique Wing Research Aircraft, the predecessor to the AD-1. The first known oblique wing design was the Blohm & Voss P.202, proposed by Richard Vogt in 1942. [1] The oblique wing concept was later promoted by Robert T. Jones, an aeronautical engineer at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.
The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly designated AD before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s, which served during the Korean War and Vietnam War.
The Royal Navy received 50 AD-4Ws [1] which were given the designation Skyraider AEW.1 These were used from 1951 until 1962. Fleet Air Arm 849 Naval Air Squadron
Data from Masters (1982) General characteristics Crew: 1 Wingspan: 12 m (39 ft 4 in) straight, 10 metres (32 ft 10 in) swept Powerplant: 2 × BMW 003 turbojet, 7.85 kN (1,764 lbf) thrust each Armament Guns: 3 x cannon See also Asymmetrical aircraft NASA AD-1 Northrop Grumman Switchblade References Notes ^ Strangest plane, Guinness World Records. (Retrieved 16 October 2017) ^ Hermann Pohlmann ...
The aircraft is painted in the markings of VAW-33 as embarked with Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) aboard the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) in 1967. [50] AD-6 (A-1H) 135300 – National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola, Florida. This aircraft is painted in the markings of Attack Squadron 25 . [51]
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The scissors is an aerial dogfighting maneuver commonly used by military fighter pilots. It is primarily a defensive maneuver, used by an aircraft that is under attack.It consists of a series of short turns towards the attacking aircraft, slowing with each turn, in the hopes of forcing the attacker to overshoot.
Oblique wing on a NASA AD-1. An oblique wing (also called a slewed wing) is a variable geometry wing concept. On an aircraft so equipped, the wing is designed to rotate on center pivot, so that one tip is swept forward while the opposite tip is swept aft.