Douglas A-4 Skyhawk

[TEHGROUND]

A-4 is one of the best planes to have ever entered service.

[gustavbara]

la UCC (unidad de control de combustible) de este avion es una pieza de relojeria....uno de los mejores diseños de la historia....ni el propio fabricandte penso q tendria tanto exito...

[dsoutherngent1]

The Skyhawk is just one of those basic designs that just worked. Light, easy to fly, can drop whatever you need. Beautiful piece of machinery

[Oldbmwr100rs]

@dsoutherngent1 And a tough little bird as well, durable and economical are rare traits with military aircraft. It's good to know that some countries still use these,it proves that a good design will always be appreciated.

[dsoutherngent1]

@Oldbmwr100rs could not agree more

[Bmuscutt]

An A7 has to be in that dream hanger...

[dsoutherngent1]

@Bmuscutt A-7's a great aircraft to have in that dream hanger....just beware of people stepping in front of the air intake...can suck a man in from 20 feet

[marrinauta]

A4 Skyhawk fueron piloteados por HEROES DE GUERRA en 1982. Pilotos argentinos los que reflotaron un avion de la decada del 60. La task force britanica lo recuerda muyyyyy bien!!! ;)

[CaptFOU]

@marrinauta Despite not agreeing with the invasion of the Falklands by Argentina, and despising Galtieri and what he stood for. No one can dispute the bravery of those argentinian pilots. I know many British who deeply respect the bravery of those men. Nowadays, the Skyhawk is being used both by the Argentinian Air Force and by our Navy (Brazilian Navy). Tough little airplane, the Skyhawk.

[marrinauta]

@CaptFOU Argentina no invadio jamas. Argentina RECUPERO lo que le pertenece. Eso en primer lugar. Despues estuviera Galtieri o el Pato Donald eso no importa nada. Lo que si importa es que las MALVINAS FUERON, SON y SERAN ARGENTINAS. Asi que no me vengas con argumentos estupidos para desmerecer la RECUPERACION. Y aprende de historia si vas a hablar.

[ghostpony61]

"Bantam Bomber" i like that name.

[82abnoff]

Yt,

A bullet into my body?

Fuck You.

Rich

[19580822]

The hooks are for tie-down chains. When carrier-based planes are parked, they are chained to the deck for obvious reasons. Where was the airshow? Did you see the Blue Angels? They flew A-4's in the '70's and '80's (after the F-4's but just prior to the F-18's, which they still fly today).

[watchU32]

man i love this plane.

[PSNgregiskool]

Didn't they take off using hooks next to the gear? I want to see some footage of that.

[19580822]

@PSNgregiskool They had a catapult connector on the nose gear for taking off from carriers, and an arresting hook for landing on them (to catch the wire).

[PSNgregiskool]

@19580822 No, I was at an airshow and they had a Skyhawk on display and there was no launch bar, just yellow hooks next to the gear. Apparently they were connected to the airframe, reinforced so they pulled the plane, not the hooks.

[vishnu4444]

This airplane is in my high school's hanger

[PSNgregiskool]

@vishnu4444 what do you mean your high schools hangar?

[vishnu4444]

@PSNgregiskool My school has a hangar, Aviation High School NYC

[Ag3nt0fCha0s]

This is one smart aircraft.

KISS principle.

I approve of this.

[thisissparta789789]

Correction. The US Navy pre-1962 aircraft designation system was also under use of the US Marine Corps.

[Mathview]

The Skyhawk can be seen at the Palm Springs Air Museum on Gene Autry Trail. One is parked outside in front of the Museum. It is a little thing with a nasty sting.

[ivanexocet]

hermoso avion , que nuestros pilotos lo usaron muy bien en MALVINAS...

[cobuncu]

@ivanexocet el glorioso grupo 5 de caza

[bufixteam]

Argentina Air Force have A4-AR Fightinghawk

[fixdeluxe1]

New Zealand used to have these,don't know why we decommed them back in 2001.

[humpingbird]

The airframe was no longer deemed flyable

[pramboy09]

@fixdeluxe1 Simple, our government decided we didn't need a strike wing and also cancelled our F-16's on order. They said the cost of operating them didn't justify having them, a complete load of bullshit of course!

[fixdeluxe1]

That's NULLSHIT!!!

[pramboy09]

@fixdeluxe1 yes and that also.

[memtown]

Worked on the A-4 "Mike" @ Cherry Point. Beautiful and agile plane,. with a tight turning radius that made it good in air-to-air combat. Also loaded the "silver buller" nukes...

[jwm05281971]

i believe it was the smallest aircraft able to carry tactical nukes

[pramboy09]

Our airforce (RNZAF) used them till the early 2000's, our ones were updated with a "glass" cockpit. Pretty much like the f-16's. Which is what were supposed to have got after the skyhawk, unfortunatly our government decided to retire our skyhawks and scrapped our attack wing. Such a shame considering the proud history we had in world war 1&2. Our skyhawks are still sitting in hangers waiting for a buyer.

[mwp62]

I would love to be in a position to buy one of those scooters...

[fixdeluxe1]

Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced he wanted to re-introduce the Armachii's back into service.

[pramboy09]

when did he say that? , the Aermachi is a trainer what was he thinking we were going to go onto after it?.

[fixdeluxe1]

I don't know,all I know is that's what he said back in 2008(Look it up on wikipedia).

They are servicable aren't they?

[pramboy09]

they are still for sale so if it was said it isn't happenning now!

[humpingbird]

You mean RNZAF no longer have planes?!

[pramboy09]

@humpingbird We no longer have a strike wing, we were due to have F-16C's replace our skyhawks but the government decided we didn't need a strike wing anymore and disbanded them. So our airforce now are Hercules (now being upgraded) orions (being upgraded) our Iriquois are due to be replaced starting this year with the NH-90.Our skyhawks are still in mothballs waiting on the americans allowing them to be sold to a private company,our aermachi trainers i think have been sold to the same company.

[boludopata]

I remember the a4 in Falklands war!!!

[Anizer84]

Beautiful and lethal. There isnt a bird in the sky that can hold a turn with it at less than supersonic speeds.

[00RSZEX]

@Anizer84 F16

[bruisedwee]

beautiful plane.