A Douglas A-1 Skyraider sits armed and chocked in a steel revetment at a Southeast Asian airfield. The hand-painted nose art MAGNET ASS reflects the dark humour of crews who flew this piston-engined attack aircraft low and slow over hostile ground, where its ability to loiter for hours with a heavy and varied weapons load made it indispensable - above all in the Sandy role, escorting rescue helicopters to downed airmen. Red REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT streamers still hang from every loaded station. Project: 219827