Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:55 pm
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Wed Aug 07, 2019 5:55 pm
Here's some pictures I took at MCAS Beaufort SC some years back. You are welcomed to use them as needed for y'alls registry. In fact there is an A-4L 147772 painted in H&MS-31 Aggressors colors.
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Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Wed Aug 07, 2019 6:23 pm
ffuries wrote:Here's some pictures I took at MCAS Beaufort SC some years back. You are welcomed to use them as needed for y'alls registry. In fact there is an A-4L 147772 painted in H&MS-31 Aggressors colors.
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Thanks Mike!
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:05 pm
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:37 pm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/inferalan ... ed-public/
Found this one some years back in a small town just north of Memphis. Can't remember the town's name. Possibly Covington.
Found this one some years back in a small town just north of Memphis. Can't remember the town's name. Possibly Covington.
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Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:42 pm
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Thu Aug 08, 2019 7:12 pm
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:31 pm
A-4 SKYHAWK/Bu. 147669
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A-4 SKYHAWK/Bu. 158148
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Alright WIXMind... When the Quonset Museum closed, where did this scooter end up?
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:50 am
Hi Scott.
A-4C 147681 on display in Wasta South Dakota.
Swipe em if you want them...
74F63E99-9D6E-4CB6-AE1D-7128D2EB9060 by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
DC38BBA4-C962-42C2-BABE-23984B9F12FB by Bryan Darnell, on Flickr
Thanks Bryan. Created the entry for this aircraft
A-4 SKYHAWK/Bu. 147681
A-4C 147681 on display in Wasta South Dakota.
Swipe em if you want them...
74F63E99-9D6E-4CB6-AE1D-7128D2EB9060 by Bryan Darnell, on FlickrDC38BBA4-C962-42C2-BABE-23984B9F12FB by Bryan Darnell, on FlickrThanks Bryan. Created the entry for this aircraft
A-4 SKYHAWK/Bu. 147681
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:20 am
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Tue Aug 20, 2019 2:36 pm
Rob Rohr asked if I'd post a few of his pics, so just make sure credit goes wherever it's due:
A-4C Bu# 148610 on display at Encinal High School, Alameda Calf
1962-64: VA-195.
1965-66: VA-195 as NM-507.
1966-67: VA-76 as NG-501.
1967-68: VA-15.
1968: VA-66.
1968-69: VA-36 as AK-510.
1969: VA-172.
1970: VA-172 as AJ-306.
1971: VA-304.
1971: VMA-133 as ME-13.
1974: NATC.
10/19/1974: Damaged beyond repair in an accident on 10/20/1974
5/1975 USMC donated to Encinal High School Alameda, CA.
A-4A Bu# 142200 on display at former NAS Alameda Gate 1(Main Gate)
1957-59: VA-113.
1959-60: VA-125.
1960: VA-126.
1960-62: VA-125.
1962-63: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
4/1963: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
Returned to service.
1969: NARTU Alameda, CA.
2/2/1969: Written off.
4/1970-2019 placed as gate Guard at NAS Alameda Main Gate (Gate1)
TA-4J Bu# 158137 on display onboard the USS Hornet Alameda Calf
1971-77: VT-7.
1978: VT-7 as A-722.
1979-82: VT-7.
1983: VT-7 as A-722.
1984-86: VT-7.
1987-95: VT-7 as A-700.
1996: VT-7 as A-760.
1997-99: VT-7.
1999-01: VC-8.
2002-03: VC-8 as GF-107.
4/4/2003: Withdrawn from use at NAS Roosevelt Roads, PR.
4/8/2003: Last flight from NAS Roosevelt Toads to Oakland Ca towed to USS Hornet
A-4C Bu# 149532 on display at Castle Air Museum
1962: VA-94.
1962-63: VA-216.
1963-65: VA-22 as NE-227.
1966-67: VA-144 as NH-312.
1967: VSF-1.
1968: VA-216.
1968-70: VA-95.
2/1970: Converted to A-4L.
1970-72: VA-209 as AF-6xx.
1972-76: VMA-124.
1976-78: VA-204.
1/4/1978: Struck off charge at NAS Memphis, TN.
4/2006: Put into storage at NAS Pensacola, FL.
On display at Castle Air Museum
Rob also reports that the former Quonset Air Museum A-4M--along with the A-7D and F3D-2Q--are now at the Air Classic Museum in Chicago.
A-4C Bu# 148610 on display at Encinal High School, Alameda Calf
1962-64: VA-195.
1965-66: VA-195 as NM-507.
1966-67: VA-76 as NG-501.
1967-68: VA-15.
1968: VA-66.
1968-69: VA-36 as AK-510.
1969: VA-172.
1970: VA-172 as AJ-306.
1971: VA-304.
1971: VMA-133 as ME-13.
1974: NATC.
10/19/1974: Damaged beyond repair in an accident on 10/20/1974
5/1975 USMC donated to Encinal High School Alameda, CA.
A-4A Bu# 142200 on display at former NAS Alameda Gate 1(Main Gate)
1957-59: VA-113.
1959-60: VA-125.
1960: VA-126.
1960-62: VA-125.
1962-63: NARTU Los Alamitos, CA.
4/1963: Put into storage at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.
Returned to service.
1969: NARTU Alameda, CA.
2/2/1969: Written off.
4/1970-2019 placed as gate Guard at NAS Alameda Main Gate (Gate1)
TA-4J Bu# 158137 on display onboard the USS Hornet Alameda Calf
1971-77: VT-7.
1978: VT-7 as A-722.
1979-82: VT-7.
1983: VT-7 as A-722.
1984-86: VT-7.
1987-95: VT-7 as A-700.
1996: VT-7 as A-760.
1997-99: VT-7.
1999-01: VC-8.
2002-03: VC-8 as GF-107.
4/4/2003: Withdrawn from use at NAS Roosevelt Roads, PR.
4/8/2003: Last flight from NAS Roosevelt Toads to Oakland Ca towed to USS Hornet
A-4C Bu# 149532 on display at Castle Air Museum
1962: VA-94.
1962-63: VA-216.
1963-65: VA-22 as NE-227.
1966-67: VA-144 as NH-312.
1967: VSF-1.
1968: VA-216.
1968-70: VA-95.
2/1970: Converted to A-4L.
1970-72: VA-209 as AF-6xx.
1972-76: VMA-124.
1976-78: VA-204.
1/4/1978: Struck off charge at NAS Memphis, TN.
4/2006: Put into storage at NAS Pensacola, FL.
On display at Castle Air Museum
Rob also reports that the former Quonset Air Museum A-4M--along with the A-7D and F3D-2Q--are now at the Air Classic Museum in Chicago.
Last edited by Dan K on Mon Aug 26, 2019 11:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Warbird Registry: A-4 Skyhawk
Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:51 pm
I'm on vacation and driving through South Dakota...just saw the Wasta SD Skyhawk a couple of hours ago!