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Why the A-4 Skyhawk Deserves a Place in Aviation History
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk gets lost in the mix sometimes ... a few A-4s are still in service with the Argentine Air Force and the Brazilian Navy. But the venerable A-4 is not remembered as ...
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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Carried More Bombs Than B-17 Bomber
The A-4 Skyhawk was capable of carrying a bomb load ... some A-4 Skyhawks remain in service with the Argentine Air Force and the Brazilian Naval Aviation. U.S. Navy experts had been highly ...
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Brazil selling the only aircraft carrier in South America, A12 Sao Paulo
and the renamed Sao Paulo carried out exercises and launched Brazil’s AF-1 Skyhawk attack planes from her flat, catapult-launch deck, similar to U.S. carriers and the Charles de Gaulle ...
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The U.S. Navy’s A4 Skyhawk Was the Stuff of Legend
The Douglas Aircraft Company (now owned by Boeing) answered the Navy’s call by building the A-4 Skyhawk. Ed Heinemann, the lead designer for the A-4 Skyhawk, encapsulated the Skyhawk’s ethos ...