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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: Wingman81 on January 27, 2008, 01:05:13 AM

Title: A-4 Skyhawk
Post by: Wingman81 on January 27, 2008, 01:05:13 AM

To start with this Airplane , one of my favourite navy airplane, another video :)

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=440_1178156502

Still in use in brazilian navy it seems.
I will post more tomorrow.

Title: Re: A-4 Skyhawk
Post by: No.1 on January 27, 2008, 01:14:37 AM

Very interesting to Skyhawk while firing Sidewinder AA missile. Hope our friend and member Don will see this video. He was flying on Skyhawk and he left the military service after return from Vietnam in 1969.

Title: Re: A-4 Skyhawk
Post by: Wingman81 on January 27, 2008, 03:41:41 PM

The A-4 Skyhawk

The A-4 Skyhawk was developed by the design team of Mr Edward Henry Heinemann of Douglas Aircraft Company. He was in charge to create an aircraft that would replace the propeller driven and for the time a bit outdated navy machine A-1 Skyraider that had their maiden flight in 1945. The A-4 was designed to serve for interdiction and close air support. Its flexibility and low weight made it a perfect multi-purpose aircraft for the navy. It could serve as tanker (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:A4_RF8A_1960.jpeg), interceptor, light attack airplane or bomber that was capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The A-4 Skyhawk can look back on a very long service history in the US Navy. Starting with the first pre-design studies in July 1952 and ending with the delivery of the last A-4 on 27 February 1979. The A-4 was involved in many military conflicts, among others in the Vietnam War, in the Falkland War for Argentina, Yom Kippur Wars for Israel and in the Gulf Wars for Kuwait. In total 2960 of this aircraft were produced over the years, 555 of these were 2 seated trainer versions.
As we have seen in the video, the aircraft is still in Service in other Naval airforces today. The machines still in use by Brazil are 20 A-4KU und 3 TA-4KU bought from Kuwait in 1997.

by Kilian Weimann

References:
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Photos:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/A-4_Skyhawk

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-4_Skyhawk
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/a-4-var.htm
Kilduff, Peter: Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. -(Osprey air combat)/Osprey Publishing Ltd, London:1983