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 Post subject: A4 Skyhawk
PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2023 3:09 pm 
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Is there still a Skyhawk flyable in the US ?


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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2023 3:32 pm 
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Don't "Draken" still use them?
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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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There are at least a dozen or so.... A couple usually show up to Oshkosh.

An interesting video about an A-4 outfit:



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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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...plus some in Europe.


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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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At least 31 worldwide - at least civil registered.


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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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I remember this one showing up at the Olympia airshow. I talked with one of the retired Navy crew, and they told me the thing had no working ejection seats:
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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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On two different days last week, I saw pairs of Draken A-4Ks working over Camp Lejeune in North Carolina:


ImageDraken Douglas A-4K Skyhawk by Mark Carlisle, on Flickr


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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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Here are a few seen in Florida over the past years.
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This one was seen at Thunder over Michigan.
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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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Nice to see some still fly.
A question...how are they as a warbird in terms of practical stuff...parts, maintenance, servicability?
Reasonably easy to live with for a civil, non-commercial warbird owner/operator?
Concerning those issues, how do they compare with other types?

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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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Three airworthy US civil registered examples for sale here:

https://www.platinumfighters.com/fighters/

And a close-to-flying project... https://www.platinumfighters.com/invent ... n-skyhawk/


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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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Ran across the Argentine schemed one now for sale with Platinum a few years ago in Marana. An exceptionally fine looking machine!


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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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I think the ones operating in Europe are Canadian registered? Based in Germany (?), tho I think I saw something about them flying in the UK for a few days recently, providing targets for our mil to practice shooting at! :D


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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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JohnB wrote:
Nice to see some still fly.
A question...how are they as a warbird in terms of practical stuff...parts, maintenance, servicability?
Reasonably easy to live with for a civil, non-commercial warbird owner/operator?
Concerning those issues, how do they compare with other types?


John - as a T-33 owner once told me, "purchase price is just a ticket for admission". I had asked him about owning a F-100 (there were a couple for sale at that time for fairly "cheap") he just laughed and said even a T-33 is an easy way to burn through money on a good day!

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 Post subject: Re: A4 Skyhawk
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Boeing uses one as a chase plane in St. Louis.

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