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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 ...
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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 ... when Al Shepphard lands an A-4 on an aircraft carrier before being recruited to join NASA. The jet is handsome and hearty, a single ...
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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Carried More Bombs Than B-17 Bomber
The Skyhawk also saw action in other global conflicts including the Yom Kippur War and the Falklands War. Today, nearly seven decades after the aircraft took its first flight in 1954, some A-4 ...