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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
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| Base model: | JD | ||
| Designation: | JD | ||
| Version: | -1 | ||
| Nickname: | Invader | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1931-1955 | ||
| Basic role: | General Utility | ||
| Crew: | 3 | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 51' 2" | 15.5 m | |
| Height: | 18' 6" | 5.6 m | |
| Wingspan: | 70' 0" | 21.3 m | |
| Wingarea: | 540.0 sq ft | 50.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 21,150 lb | 9,591 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 26,700 lb | 12,108 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 31,000 lb | 14,058 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-79 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 2000 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 1,800 miles | 2,898 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 212 mph | 341 km/h | 184 kt |
| Max Speed: | 370 mph | 595 km/h | 321 kt |
| Climb: | 1,250 ft/min | 380 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 31,300 ft | 9,539 m | |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Bob McDonagh N. Ft. Myers, FL | I was in VU-5 Nov.'52-summer of'54. AOAN Guam, all three detachments in Japan, and twice flew to Sangley Point. Came stateside summer of '54 VU-7 At North Island (witnessed the Sea Dart go down) We moved to Brown Field fall of '55. One of the Pogo Stick planes was there. Don't remember much about that. Bob McDonagh AO3. Twenty + years later -went back in the reserves. Loadmaster on C_118's, UtilityAircrewman on c-12's and finshed up as flight attendant on c-9's. Check my website: www.navalairestates.com. soon to be updated Bob McDonagh 07/11/2008 @ 23:21 [ref: 21840] |
| Paul \\ Chino Hills, CA | Hey Joe! I was also in VU-7- from Sept 54' (then @NAS North Island) through August 56' (@ Brown Field). Worked as a plane caption on the F9f line, flew as crew member in the JD-1. Your name is not familiar, what did you go by? 04/18/2008 @ 13:23 [ref: 20609] |
| Ed Gordon Hesperia,, CA | Was in VU-5 Det "A" in Cubi Point, P.I. from 1960 to 1961. We had both JD-1 and AD-5 aircraft. Anyone who was attached to this unit during this peeriod, drop me a line. 02/23/2008 @ 20:00 [ref: 19759] |
| Ed Gordon Hesperia,, CA | Was in VU-5 Det "A" in Cubi Point, P.I. from 1960 to 1961. We had both JD-1 and AD-5 aircraft. Anyone who was attached to this unit during this peeriod, drop me a line. 02/23/2008 @ 19:59 [ref: 19758] |
| Jerry Akins , IN | Flew p/c on JigDogs from 1961-63 out of Nas Quonset Point.
Spent one Operation Springboard in Gitmo, and one in Oceania Va. 10/29/2007 @ 13:23 [ref: 18343] |
| Danny Kirkendall AO1 USN Ret Fairdale, KY | I flew in the JD Aircraft in VU-4 as a towman when we were at Chincoteague,Va. and later at NAS Oceana,VA from 1958 1960.
Got my aircrew wings and logged about 500+ flight hours. Great flying aircraft. 08/09/2007 @ 21:48 [ref: 17542] |
| Danny Kirkendall AO1 USN Ret Fairdale, KY | I flew in the JD Aircraft in VU-4 as a towman when we were at Chincoteague,Va. and later at NAS Oceana,VA from 1958 1960.
Got my aircrew wings and logged about 500+ flight hours. Great flying aircraft. 08/09/2007 @ 21:48 [ref: 17541] |
| joe hohmann , OR | I was stattioned at Brown Field from March 1955 to nov. 1955 in VU7 I was an ordnanceman and tow operator using JD 07/31/2007 @ 17:26 [ref: 17394] |
| joe hohmann , OR | I was stattioned at Brown Field from March 1955 to nov. 1955 in VU7 I was an ordnanceman and tow operator using JD 07/31/2007 @ 17:26 [ref: 17393] |
| Marty Steiner , GA | Looking for anyone with knowledge of a midair over/near Albuquerque 5 March 1954 between JD-1 and USAF F-86F. Pilot of F-86 was my wife's father (she was six at the time), and was killed. Legend has it that there may have been 1 fatality on the JD-1.
Any information is welcome...even second hand. Thanks, PS I am a published aviation historian/writer, but this one is very personal! 07/28/2007 @ 17:17 [ref: 17322] |
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