SKYRAIDER RELATED LINKS
This company puts out a small, but exquisite line of resin, photoetch and decal aftermarket items for the serious model builder. Many of their products are simply not available anywhere else. I have used a number of their products for several projects and never been disappointed with the quality of the item or the outstanding customer service. Highly recommended.
https://www.aircorpsaviation.com/
This site is an absolute treasure trove of technical information for the scale model builder. It was originally established, and serves primarily as a resource for warbird and museum aircraft restoration specialists containing literally tens of thousands of technical manuals, drawings, historical information specifications for a good number of aircraft and related equipment. While for the most pertaining to WWII subjects, and admittedly, at this time, light on much doing with the Skyraider per se, the manuals available there for the Wright R-3350 engine are definitely worth the price of admission alone. (Full access is on a subscription basis, but very reasonably priced.)
Byron Hukee's outstanding Skyraider website. While the largest emphsis is on the A-1's use by the USAF in SEA, a good deal of information is to be found there on just about all aspects of the Spad's use across the range of eras and services. Probably the best landing spot for anything Skyraider. Byron is also easily contacted through the site (spadrvr@gmail.com) and has always proven openhandedly generous with his time and assistence when asked. Very highly recommended
https://a-1combatjournal.com/ToC.htm
This is Byron Hukee's companion to the Skyraider.org site listed above. It takes the form of an ebook wherein he documents his tour flying A-1's from Thailand in 1971. I cannot recommend this site highly enough for anyone interested in understanding the mission, weapons, tactics and background of this colorful and disheartening era. Byron also runs a blog through the site, and, as I mentioned above, has always proven entirely receptive and willing to discuss anything "Skyraider". Definitely, give it a look; you will not be disappointed. Again, very highly recommended
https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/
Author Tommy Thomason's blog site with a plethora of USN/USMC aviation material. Among all of it of course is a good amount relating to the Skyraider. Definitely check this one out if Naval Aviation is of any interest for you whatever.
https://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/
The National Aviation Museum is a treasure trove of technical and historic information and is very receptive to inquiry from interested researchers on a variety of related subjects. If you need the best of help in the technical line, contact Master Chief Frank Turchi at fltavcm9@bellsouth.net ;trust me, you will in the best of hands.
A fantastic site if you are looking to document hard to locate esoterica on a host of aviation related minutia. It was through this source I was able to locate the majority of the pdfs found in the resources section. It would take weeks to sort through all the information they have, but I'm sure if you give it a look you may, as I did, find some real nuggets waiting there.
http://www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/AD-4.html
This is a page on the Forgotten Props website dealing specifically with Skyraider warbirds. Interesting more for the collector or historian more than the modeler per se, but still a valuable and interesting resource
http://donhollway.com/skyraider/
A page on Don Hollway's website dedicated to the Skyraider. Not super extensive, but some good history and photos.
