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Description
| Notes: Land or CARRIER-BASED MULTI-PURPOSE aircraft used for attack bomber, utility, early warning and asw search operations (3 CREW) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Douglas | |
| Base model: | A-1 | |
| Designation: | EA-1 | |
| Version: | E | |
| Nickname: | Skyraider | |
| Equivalent to: | AD-5W | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | |
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | |
| Basic role: | Attack | |
| Modified Mission: | Special electronic installation | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 40' 1" | 12.2 m | |
| Height: | 15' 10" | 4.8 m | |
| Wingspan: | 50' 9" | 15.4 m | |
| Wingarea: | 400.3 sq ft | 37.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 12,312 lb | 5,583 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 18,799 lb | 8,525 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 25,000 lb | 11,337 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-3350-26WA | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 2700 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 1,202 miles | 1,935 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 200 mph | 322 km/h | 174 kt |
| Max Speed: | 311 mph | 500 km/h | 270 kt |
| Climb: | 2,300 ft/min | 701 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 26,000 ft | 7,924 m | |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Olympic Flight Museum | Olympia | Washington |
EA-1E on display
Olympic Flight Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Morgun USA, CO | Thanks for your many years of a great service well done! I’ve always felt good about listing my concerts with you and linking from my website.
You provided a valuable service to the community. Thank you for doing such a great job all these years. 08/13/2012 @ 12:55 [ref: 65477] |
| Rocky Pirofalo , CA | I was an EA-1E (AD-5W) pilot from 1961 through 1964. Matter of fact, I flew with Dick Vogler in VAW-11. The aircraft at the Olympic Flight Museum pictured on the web page is an A-1E (AD-5) not an EA-1E (AD-5W). The EA-1E was known as the "Guppy" because of the bulbous radome visible in your other EA-1E photograph. With the radar/radome the aircraft profile resembled a guppy fish. Its mission during my time was mainly radar support in ASW (Antisubmarine Warfare) in concert with the antisubmarine aircraft carrier HUK (Hunter/Killer) Group consisting of S-2's, helo's, etc. It carried a crew of three; pilot, radar officer (right seat), and technician (rear compartment).
The A-1E was used by the South Vietnamese and the USAF in the Vietnam War as an Attack aircraft. The EA-1F (AD-5Q) is another variant which carries its radar in a pod on starboard wing pylon and various pods on other wing stations. Its mission was ECM (Electronic Countermeasures). See EA-1F this web site. The A-1H/J (AD-6/7) was the single seat attack version. 11/06/2009 @ 15:01 [ref: 25252] |
| David McPeek Sacramento, CA | I am trying to locate a source for a desk model of the EA-1E aircraft. I flew with VAW-111 Det. Charlie off the Bonnie Dick.
Thanks. 08/18/2004 @ 15:34 [ref: 8089] |
| Jack , NH | Where did they put the second engine? Must have missed it during all of those pre-flight checks! 05/23/2004 @ 11:28 [ref: 7461] |
| Richard Vogler Fairborn, OH | I flew in the AD-5W (EA-1E)in 1960 through 1962 and all of the aircraft in VAW-11 had a single R3350 engine, not 2 as shown. 08/19/2002 @ 10:53 [ref: 5510] |
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