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The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single seat carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system.
The Skyhawk is a lightweight aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 pounds (11,100 kg) and has a top speed of more than 670 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). The aircraft's five hardpoints support a variety of missiles, bombs and other munitions. It was capable of carrying a bomb load equivalent to that of a World War II-vintage Boeing B-17 bomber, and could deliver nuclear weapons using a low altitude bombing system and a "loft" delivery technique. The A-4 was originally powered by the Wright J65 turbojet engine; from the A-4E onwards, the Pratt & Whitney J52 was used.
Skyhawks played key roles in the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Falklands War. Sixty years after the aircraft's first flight, some of the nearly 3,000 produced remain in service with several air arms around the world, including from the Brazilian Navy's aircraft carrier, São Paulo.
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Coordinates: 40°N 100°W / 40°N 100°W / 40; -100
The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major territories and various possessions. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. At 3.8 million square miles (9.842 million km2) and with over 320 million people, the country is the world's third or fourth-largest by total area and the third most populous. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The geography and climate of the United States are also extremely diverse, and the country is home to a wide variety of wildlife.
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing 30 years later, it produced a number of well-known commercial and military aircraft such as the DC-10 airliner and F-15 Eagle air-superiority fighter.
The corporation was based at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport near St. Louis, Missouri, while the headquarters for its subsidiary, the McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Company (MDTSC), were established in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri.
The company was formed from the firms of James Smith McDonnell and Donald Wills Douglas in 1967. Both men were of Scottish ancestry, graduates of MIT and had worked for the aircraft manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company.
Douglas had been chief engineer at Martin before leaving to establish Davis-Douglas Company in early 1920 in Los Angeles. He bought out his backer and renamed the firm the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1921.
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A-4 Skyhawk 傑作ホット・ロッド軽攻撃機 ダグラス・エアクラフト スカイホーク
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system. The A-4 is a compact, light-weight design with a maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 pounds (11,100 kg) and has a top speed of more than 600 miles per hour (970 km/h).[1] The aircraft's five hardpoints support a variety of missiles, bombs and other munitions and was capable of delivering nuclear weapons using a low altitude bombing system and a "loft" delivery technique. Prior to the A-4E, power was supplied by the Wright J65; with the A-4E, the inst...
http://www.Facebook.com/Xrm150 I share great stuff on there! This A-4 Skyhawk is flown by Dave Dollarhide at the 2014 Tico Warbird Airshow. I hope you enjoy this video! I have to say this is the video I am most proud of to date! I could not of done this without the help of my friend Dave Dollarhide and I hope you visit his YouTube channel Pennyskin. He has other great videos on there that I am sure you will like. This A-4 Skyhawks home is at the Valliant Air Command in Titusville, Fl and you can visit their website here http://www.vacwarbirds.org/ Here is some info about the A-4 The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta winged, single-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Dougla...
This Vietnam era sales film for the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk shows the versatile aircraft's development and unique characteristics. The late model A-4F is seen. This was a refinement of A-4E with extra avionics housed in a hump on the fuselage spine (this feature later retrofitted to A-4Es and some A-4Cs) and more powerful J52-P-8A engine with 9,300 lbf (41 kN) of thrust, later upgraded in service to J52-P-408 with 11,200 lbf (50 kN), 147 built. Some served with Blue Angels acrobatic team from 1973 to 1986. The film shows the A-4M at the 4 minute mark; but at the time of the film's release it may have not yet been in production. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single seat carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The delta...
http://www.Facebook.com/Xrm150 I share great stuff on there! R.I.P. Larry Elmore! Best wishes to your family. Larry was the pilot in all of these clips (I think). Why is this the BEST A-4 Compilation....well because there are not any others! =D Clips are taken from the 2012-2013 Tico Warbird Airshow, and the 2012-2013 Sun N Fun Flyin. They really didn't put on a demo with the A-4 but mainly just flew it around with the other warbirds. Still it was great to see! I hope you enjoyed the video and please Like/Comment/Sub!
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1960s Aircraft Carrier Operations: A-4 Skyhawks. U.S. Marines.
Test flight of a Douglas A4-C Skyhawk at Valiant Air Command in Titusville Florida. Great collection of flying and static aircraft at this museum/restoration facility. It is worth the drive just to talk to the volunteer staff, most of them are veterans with an aviation background. Some great stories and perspectives.
Paul Wood - McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk 2015 NAS Oceana Airshow Naval Air Station Oceana Virginia Beach, Virginia Saturday September 19, 2015 http://www.zingeraviation.com Making a return appearance to the NAS Oceana Airshow (he flew in the 2011 show), Paul Wood takes the stage over NAS Oceana with this beautiful A-4 Skyhawk from the Warbird Heritage Foundation during the Saturday show. I apologize for any unstable nature of the video and any violent shakiness in the video as there was a significant amount of video camera issues that plagued the weekend. In addition please note any music in the video was not added into the video; it was played through the public address system at the show site. You can find thousands of additional videos and so much more aviation- and airshow-rel...
Short video of the A-4K Skyhawk.... This is not the hoggitdev A-4.
小柄でありながら強力な打撃力を持つ ベトナム戦争で大活躍した艦上攻撃機、 ダグラス・エアクラフト スカイホーク 傑作ホット・ロッド軽攻撃機 (2007年)