The Don Englebreston Collection

A-1H Skyraider Cockpit, Left Console and Canopy Rail Detail

A-1H Skyraider Cockpit, Left Console and Canopy Rail Detail

The left-side console of a Douglas A-1H Skyraider cockpit, showing the throttle quadrant, fuel selector, canopy jettison mechanism, and oxygen system placard. The A-1 Skyraider's cockpit, largely unchanged from its late-1940s design, packed dense mechanical controls that pilots relied on for close air support and rescue escort missions throughout the Vietnam War. Project: 218841