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MPEG (135k) | An A-1 banks right to begin his roll-in. |
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MPEG (95k) | 20 mm Strafe -slow down the video to see the guns actually retract in and out as the rounds are fired. Strafe was used on nearly all passes as a prelude to bomb drops. Was supposed to have kept heads down! |
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MPEG (155k) | Lau-3 Rockets2.75" Rx - from the right seat of a Fat Face. Notice that the frangible LAU-3 nose cone visible in the strafe video is gone. The first pair of rockets removed it. |
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MPEG (140k) | A Spad fires rockets as viewed from another aircraft. |
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MPEG (283k) | An interesting clip that shows HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant in a hover while a Sandy drops CBU-22 in the background. Karst hills of Laos in the background. |
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View out the right window of an A-1E as a MK-82 500 lb. bomb is released. Clip continues top show MK-82 exploding on target. |
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View out the right side of a SUU-11 minigun pod as rounds are fired. Clip continues to show tracer streams of miniguns from left and right sides of A-1. |
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Footage taken of the flightline fire at Bien Hoa on 16 May 1965 as A-1s are shown near the flames. Second group of A-1s are running. |
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MPEG (351k) | A pair of A-1Hs pass beside the Jolly in close formation. |
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MPEG (853k) | Five Skyraiders trailing smoke make a pass down the runway at NKP |
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MPEG (620k) | An A-1E taxis by. |
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Full start sequence for an A-1E. Standard procedure was for the pilot to count 16 blades before turning ignition to "both" and depressing primer button. |
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A-1 Skyraider segment from Speedvision |
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The view of a carrier deck from the right seat of a Spad on short final to the carrier. |
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An Air Force Skyraider folds its wings as it taxis in after a mission. |
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A gray painted Skyraider from the 602 ACS at Bien Hoa in '64-'65 timeframe. |
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A Skyraider pilot and crew chief climb aboard an A-1E. |
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The crew chief assists the pilot to strap in. |
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An A-1 H/J cat shot. |
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An A-1H/J trap. |