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What happens if the dynamic control fails can the pilot actually fly this thing manually?

I’m still trying to figure out the entrances near constitution hill

I can't believe that the A4 was a first gen jet, that would put it in the same category as the Meteor, Vampire, Me262! Surely it's a gen 2 🤔

Luke, I don't know how else to contact you but someone uploaded Tom Scott's recent appearance on Christmas University Challenge. Would we be able to get an update for the "Tom Scott not in his channel" playlist?

"HMS" Te Mana? - I don't think so 😉

Thanks Luke...nice to know the Skyhawk is now at MOTAT... I been for a ride in a Skyhawk and done Kiwiingenuity expo's be good to reinstate our Strike Wing. . 👍🇳🇿

You say "The equipment hump had been removed". When the NZ airforce "purchased" the ex RAN aircraft they didn't have the equipment hump did they? Unless they were installed after the purchase?

Something Yu Might Not Know

Very informative Luke and great Kiwi enginnering.

Nice video.. 👍👍

Kiaora, very cool history of Tamiki makaurau. Liked and subscribed

Love the takeoff

You do know that you are depicting the intake of the super hornet right not the flat one of the normal hornet

Awesome content Luke ⭐

Thanks for this interesting film Luke - Much Appreciated (Have liked and subscribed)

My first bird and first squadron VA-155

Kiwi Skyhawks getting kills on F-16's, F-18's, F-5's and a Mig-29 in multinational exercises skip to 3:32 for HUD footage th-cam.com/video/mmtUbrnO3ag/w-d-xo.html

Much speed, no drag here

Loving the RAAF hornets !

Nice job Luke.

Ex A4 jock. Nice presentation. Had me slobbering about all the upgrades. I flew the A-4B/C/E and TA-4F. 2 times in Nam. This bird was made for CAS(Marine Aviator here). IMO this was the greatest bargain (other than the Warthog) in the modern jet era for CAS. We could get down and dirty, nose to nose with the enemy in support of the ground troopers. I loved flying the super scooter. Really miss it. The TA-4F was a great trainer. And also a FAC(A) bird. There are a few flying in support roles for hostile air forces air to air training. Thanks for reviving old memories for this old Skyhawker.

I remember going onboard the ROKS Chungbuk and INS Sumitra. It's a shame I wasn't able to go onboard the USS Sampson or HMAS Darwin whilst they were in NZ as they were down in Kaikoura helping with the earthquake relief effort.

great vid

I have to wonder why they pulled it out of service as the A4 Skyhawk is a formidable little bird. With the P&W J52-P-408A engine it became a winged Ferrari.

Pity the anti Vietnam war crowd that was to eventually become the govt in the 2000s grounded them gave them away

Fighter pilot wannabe, armchair general?

Helen Clarke ought to be retired and put out to pasture Helen Clarke's Government did not ask We the People before disbanding the Strike Wing Politicians forget they are there to represent We the People Not carry out their Party Agenda as per our Corporation Quasi Government God Save New Zealand as the Politicians have sold us Out

Good information

Wasn’t Kelly clever.?! Kiwi Ingenuity... Under a road in old sewage tanks, creating an aquarium to promote marine conservation. 💙🐟💧

THEY COULD AL.SO CARRY THE FRENCH EXOCET (ANTI-SHIP) MISSLE. ARGENTINA USED AN A-4 TO BRING A BRITISH FRIGATE DOWN DURING THE FALKLANDS WAR. *if memory serves me correct.

GREAT VIDEO YOUNG MAN. YOU HAVE A SOLID PLATFORM ON WHICH TO TELL YOUR STORY. THE A-4 WAS VERY EASY TO MAINTAIN, VERY ROBUST, AND CHEAP. CANT BEAT'EM MATE!

THE ALPHA 4 COULD ALSO CARRY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IF TASKED TO DO SO.

Skyhawk was a formidable fighter, with the upgrades it was a real bargain.

Then came the communist government of Helen Clarke voted in by the people who scrapped everything.......she should be charged

Canbera ?

Brown island??!!! Haha wonder how it got its name.

Nice video, well presented with generally accurate info. One quibble, KAHU did not make A-4K the equivalent to an F-16 or especially an A-10. Least of all in terms of range and payload, which is everything in a combat aircraft. NZ never purchased AMRAAM and simply having APG-66 does not make an aircraft AMRAAM capable. AMRAAM requires a continuous wave illuminator which -66 lacked, but which its successor APG-68 possesses. A model F-16s require an upgrade to operate AIM-120.

Never know, NZAF might end up buying our old F/A-18A’s when the RAAF gets the F-35A

You missed that the Skyhawk behind you #06 was the only one in NZ service that ever fired in anger.

lol don't ruin the Waitemata, ruin the Manukau!

Great job man!!

wow! Very well explained👌 to the point yet simple👏 You should make more videos like this for other "rocket science" technologies👍 keep up the good work🙏

You forgot the F18

What is the aircraft at 1:13?

Good video dude, well informed

@Luke Yu For "separate fan installed" you mean the engine inlet?

Beautiful plane, but understandably aging. If possible, and if rejuvenated body panelling was the first option, is it then worth upgrading Skyhawks close to par of 4th gen fighters? And if so, what upgrades it deserved? Ie. HOBS IR missiles such as ASRAAM (HMD compatibility)and standoff Anti-Ship or Anti-radiation weapons compatibility?

formation is too close

You missed the best bit of the story, the translation of Kahu. Its a Maori falcon.....

STOVIES.