Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Douglas F4D/F-6 Skyray / F5D Skylancer
    Latest Model:F4D-1 Skyray
    Last Military Serial:134836 USN
    Construction Number:10430
    Compressed ID:Douglas F4D-1 sn 134836 USN cn 1043...
    Latest Owner or Location:Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, New York

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4D-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 134836.

    Circa October 1960

    To Fighter Squadron 162 (VF-162), NAS Cecil Field, FL.
    Markings added: AF-105

    By 1 January 1961

    Markings Applied: AH-205

    1 January 1961


    Photographer: USN photo

    5 December 1961

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    SOC at Overhaul and Repair, Jacksonville, FL.

    By 1984

    To New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
    View the Location Dossier

    11 June 1992


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    July 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At New England Air Museum, CT.

    14 October 2007


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    10 October 2015


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport

    28 March 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    30 March 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    Circa July 2021

    To Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY.
    View the Location Dossier
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Airliners.Net
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Max Sabin
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=351][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Douglas F4D-1 Skyray, s/n 134836 USN, c/n 10430[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=351
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.