This Skyraider is owned by Eric and Tina Downing,
founders of the Midwest Wild Relics Refuge. The AD-5W was an airborne
early warning version of the Skyraider.
The Skyraider was designed to replace the Douglas SBD dive-bomber.
Its maiden flight on 18 March 1945. Too late for WWII, the Skyraider
saw service in Korea and Vietnam.