Douglas A2D Skyshark: Any Left?
Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:59 pm
Call me crazy... I downloaded a Microsoft Flight Sim version of the Douglas A2D Skyshark and have been having a blast flying it... wow, I sound nerdy here 
Anyhow, I was wondering if there are any of these left in any sort of state. I realize they were never put into service, but I am wondering if any of the proving planes are still out there?
Oddly enough, Wikipedia says there is one in Idaho Falls, ID... any truth to this?
Thanks!
Anyhow, I was wondering if there are any of these left in any sort of state. I realize they were never put into service, but I am wondering if any of the proving planes are still out there?
Oddly enough, Wikipedia says there is one in Idaho Falls, ID... any truth to this?
Thanks!
Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:04 pm
Ryan,
I believe the one in Idaho is the same one I saw at Chino in 1992.
There's an article in the Feb 2005 issue of Air Classics about the A2D, with photos. It's at Pacific Fighters in Idaho Falls.
Walt
I believe the one in Idaho is the same one I saw at Chino in 1992.
There's an article in the Feb 2005 issue of Air Classics about the A2D, with photos. It's at Pacific Fighters in Idaho Falls.
Walt
Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:14 pm
Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:54 pm
It still exists. It was saved by John Muszala (sp?) way back when he was a kid. Iremember reading the story a long time ago and it goes something like this,...apparently it didn't have the prop blades with it when he saved it. They were made especially for the turboprop in the Skyshark. Years later he was going through someones junkyard and saw the blades he needed laying on the ground. He asked the guy "how much" ? The guy supposedly said "you know what they fit" ? John's reply was supposedly was "yes and you know that I'm your only customer" ! They apparently came to a mutual agreement and Muszala got his blades.
Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:34 pm
Ryan,
Just so you don't feel so lonely in the nerdy catagory...I too have been flying the AD2. In my opinion the model is lacking and the flight model is no hot rod...but it is a hoot to make carrier landings with!
Z
Just so you don't feel so lonely in the nerdy catagory...I too have been flying the AD2. In my opinion the model is lacking and the flight model is no hot rod...but it is a hoot to make carrier landings with!
Z
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Tue May 01, 2007 12:18 am
Another sim nerd here. Did you guys find the A2D on Avsim?
Boy, if the real deal is in Idaho, I need to get out more....
Boy, if the real deal is in Idaho, I need to get out more....
Tue May 01, 2007 10:13 am
Found it on Flightsim.com... I think it is a Kazunori Ito model... he does good work.
Tue May 01, 2007 3:37 pm
...well...not ugly...but certainly ODD!
Tue May 01, 2007 4:42 pm
Is that the only one left?