French Skyraider for sale
Douglas AD-4N Skyraider F-AZHK is offered for sale by the team at Platinum Fighter Sales. Less than one year ago it received a new Vietnam era colourscheme, on which Scramble reported on 18 February 2021. The current owner, Christophe Brunelière, obtained his Skyraider in July 2009 but he is now disposing of it.
F-AZHK is a 1950 built AD-4N Skyraider delivered as BuNo 127002 (c/n 7802) to the US Navy. In 1961 the machine was sold to the French Armée de l’Air as 127002.
From there the Skyraider was sold to the Gabonese Presidential Guard as 127002/TR-KFS and delivered in July 1978. It returned to France in May 1992 where it was flown in the warbird circuit in French military colours with code 10-LN for years.
Both the airframe and its original Wright R-3350 26WD engine have clocked 178 hours since major overhaul. Compared with warbirds like the Spitfire and the P-51 Mustang the asking price for F-AZHK can be called modest: it is yours for only $750 thousand.
Photo: Platinum Fighter Sales
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