DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO. A4D SKYHAWK JET ATTACK BOMBER AIRCRAFT U.S. NAVY PROMOTIONAL FILM 80344
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The Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. presents The A4D “Skyhawk,” a late 1950s or early 1960s promotional/sales film on the production, maintenance, and features of the A4D Skyhawk (also known as the DA101). The film opens with a shot of a hawk perched on a rock, then of it flying through the air. Douglas A4D Skyhawks fly through the sky (00:48). The attack bombers sit idle at an airstrip (01:34). A Skyhawk lands on an aircraft carrier, carrying a large bomb. The film shows the design sketches of the Skyhawk (02:40). A man works on the aircraft’s fuselage (02:54). The film then shows the Skyhawk’s cockpit; men work on the construction of the cockpit (03:12). Footage shows the attaching of the plane’s wings and landing gear to the fuselage. A set of wings are lowered in a production warehouse (04:09). Viewers are shown the attachment hardware for carrying ordinance. The A4D is tested for landing gear retraction. Men lower the pilot seat into a Skyhawk’s cockpit (05:42); footage shows ejection testing of the seat. A Skyhawk is towed out of a hanger (06:11). The payload and weapons that can be used by the Skyhawk are laid out on the ground in front of the aircraft (06:40); the film then shows where the bombs, rockets, and guns go on the ship. A Skyhawk lands on a runway (07:37). Men attach a fuel tank underneath the Skyhawk. A Skyhawk refuels inflight behind a tanker aircraft (08:25). Four Skyhawks fly over coastal terrain. A graph shows the maintenance of the Skyhawk, which has a high operational time and a limited manpower requirement for maintenance. Men work on repairs of an A4D (10:50). A J-65 Turbojet Engine is fitted into the plane (11:37). Two A4Ds take off from a runway at an airstrip (13:22); a Skyhawk takes off from an aircraft carrier. Rockets are fired from an A4D (14:46). A Skyhawk maneuvers in the sky then delivers a payload on a target in a desert (15:11). The film ends with a montage of footage of the planes being produced at a production facility, lined up at an airstrip, flying over mountains, refueling, dropping payloads, taking off from aircraft carriers, and flying in formation.
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single seat subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system.
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A-4's Forever!.
First! Best airplane ever, Heinemann's Hot Rod!
Narrated by Ray Walston, the actor who played Luther Billis in South Pacific.
You hear his voice in a lot of military related short films from this period, along with Reed Hadley.
He was also "Mr Hand" in fast times at ridgemont high
I had to look up his name , he really was a prolific actor and narrator.
Finally , I have a name for my internal voice! Thanks for the info !
@@Rob.DB. Is your wife's internal voice named Mitzi Gaynor?
My favorite Martian!
the skyhawk is one of my all time favourite aircraft, it was cheap, practical, reliable, effective and looks beautiful at the same time
My re-enlistment bonus included a backseat ride in a TA-4J. That contingent on my "seat qual". I was active duty aircrew at the time and passed the "seat qaul" ...easy peasy (in and of itself, a great expereince).
The ride...I had the aircraft for a zero g aileron roll and a 6gish windup turn amongst other mis-neuavers. I was all over the sky LOL, loving all of it for the best part of an hour. The "Top Gun" Grad pilot gave me instructions and tolerated my shinanigans. Lifetime top experience...
My dad helped finish the XA2D-1 at Douglas El Segundo in 1954 then helped build the first YA2D-1 which was also "hand built" like the prototype. When the XA2D was lost in flight testing the first YA2D was used to complete the flight test program. After serving with the fleet for many years as an A4D-1/A-4A it is now part of the collection of the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola.
My step father is a retired marine Aviation Electronics grade who started on the Skyhawk.
Today it’s easy to disregard the Skyhawk as way too old but it’s interesting to see the versatility and economy for this craft.
They are still beating up Hornets, Vipers, Eagles and even Raptors.
It gave the Brits a lot of headaches during the Falklands war.
No it didn’t. The Skyhawk is an excellent aircraft in many respects. But the Falklands proved it was no match for the Harrier.
@@Oliverdobbins True, but it was still a significant threat to the ships
@@Oliverdobbins If Argentina had low altitude fuses and weapons they would have damaged or sank a good number of Royal Navy ships. Quietly, a number of US Navy A-4 pilots briefed a few in the Royal Navy about the A-4s. Also the advantage of the Sea Harrier over the Mirage was largely due to the All Aspect AIM-9Lima. Properly equipped, the Skyhawks would have been very deadly.
@@Oliverdobbinslet’s be real though, if the fuses to the argentine weapons were working, the a4 would have been deadly to the Royal Navy
El A-4 grabado a fuego junto a sus pilotos eternamente en nuestros corazones Argentinos
Started in A7A-E A6E and last Squadron in Navy was working on A4E's and TA4-J 's.
Cool!... we operated Skyhawks with our RNZAF 👍✈️🇳🇿
On behalf of a A-4 pilot who was greeted in NZ in 1998, thank you! He stumbled upon one of the bases and some pilots invited on base. Some of those birds are happy and well loved with Draken International in North Carolina.
15:18 It was also apparently able to carry ordnance provided by the ACME Corporation.
Wiley C.C. was a highly decorated aviator (Despite numerous brushes with death) It makes sense that he was the pilot tasked with field testing the A.C.M.E. ordnance .
At 1:03 you can see our Scooter toting a Mark 7 "special" store (practice shape) with the ventral fin extended. They took off with the fin retracted as it was to close to the ground to operate with it down. Looks cartoonish, but would have been an effective delivery system against "The Red Menace". Ah the good old days.....
re: "The Red Menace"
It's back & it wears black (Putin_Garb).
Black is the new Red
A cousin of mine, was onboard a carrier, as a Marine, during the peanut farmer's time in office. The only thing that he was cleared to say about that cruise was, he was posted with a loaded M16 in front of an A4.
This little gal even won a dogfight by firing un guided Zuni rockets (a ground attack weapon)!
Yep, it shot down a Mig-17.
Wow! Is there a link to that story?
@@Rob.DB. Search for "Scooter vs Fresco". It was a marine pilot who shot it down
The Blue Angels flew them for about 20 yrs. Then they discovered the F/A-18 and airshows have not been the same sense! U.S. Navy pilots are the best pilots in the world. They have to be. I'm biased. I'm a retired U.S. Navy Helicopter Aircrewman/Rescue Swimmer! The Blues will fly circles around the Thunderbirds and their single engine F-16 Falcons!
Has that been proven that Navy pilots are the best in the world? F-15 Eagle 104 kills 0 losses in air-to-air combat! They also have a ton of bombers, which the Navy doesn't have and as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, I will go up against your crappy helicopter, oh whatever you flew, any day of the week! Oh I just realized my mistake, you never flew a damn thing and here you are bragging about Navy pilots!
One final fun fact: U.S. Navy aircraft have folding wings with the exception of the A-4.
Thanks for sharing 👍 top job you legend
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The Scooter!! VA-195 The Dambusters!
Still in business as VFA-195 with F/A-18s.
On a side note the bird at the beginning is a falcon, not a hawk.
VA-195 was on the USS Bon Homme Richard during the 1961 WestPac cruise. My dad was a plane captain on that cruise. He loved the Scooter
"Powered by one Wright J65 turbojet": in other words, an Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 6 turbojet, built under licence by Wright Aeronautical. It was later replaced by the P&W J52.
The much beloved scooter. It was in limited foreign service until very recently.
still is with Brazil and Argentina.
Dynamite A/C, I've worked on them back in '83-'86, at VMAT-102, in the Marines, Great A/C, they're lives were cut short by that T-45,,,,, not as good, couldn't/ CANNOT do as much! A-4's FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Semper Fi!
I mean, after hearing that pitch, I’ll take a dozen for trials!
the Brazilian Navy still has some units (7) in full operation. They were purchased from Kuwait and are in good working order after several system upgrades.
As well as Argentina, their air force still operates 23 of these, though upgraded with F16 avionics.
@@Archlegan yep, argentina has A4-AR
I want to remind everyone that my old man can be seen in at 6:00. He is the ejection dummy.
R Byron “Maverick” Fuller was shot down over Vietnam in his second A-4. He was captain of the USS America and he went on a mission and stayed as a guest. I know. He was a family friend. My father was in VA-93. He lost a few friends and more planes.
Affectionately called the Scooter by Navy aviators.
The british learned just how deadly they were in the falkland islands. Sunk many ships.
Simple plane to work on and for ordies it was a piece of cake Aero 20 on the wings and the Aero 7 center line. Oh and took the tail off to remove the engine. Many panel parties back in the day.
This aircraft was a powerful weapon in the hands of Argentina during the Malvinas battle (1982), by that time was an already outdated aircraft but in spite of that was able to put 1000 lbs bombs inside of british ships and send some of them to the bottom of the sea, in some cases cut in half. The bombs used were ground attack bombs unsuitable for the purpose so some of them didnt exploded due to problems with the fuse but still the A4 hit hard the colonial british fleet .
Is a amazingly small plane when you have the opportunity to see one; but a very powerful bird war.
Argentinian junta had not rightful claim on Folklands. If anyone could be accused of a colonial grab, its the Argentinian authoritarian government. The population of Folklands never spoke Spanish, never expressed any intention to join Argentina.
You tried to take land and people by force and got kicked. So leave behind this craving and phantom imperial aspirations. Folklands is internationally recognized part of GB. Breaking soverein borders is against world order and international rules.
GET OVER IT
You forgot to mention that Argentina lost 22 Skyhawks in the conflict. You also overlook the fact that Argentina was established as a colony and its claim to the Falkland Islands is spurious.
Cut in half? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You could have made valid points about what a tough, manoeuvrable plane it still was in 1982.
But you had to start with the bullshit exaggerations, didn't you. Tsk tsk tsk.
Bomb lofting that's a nice way of saying tactical nuke.
A-4 (at least the A-4E) could carry the B43 nuclear bomb with a maximum yield of 1 megaton. That's a strategic nuclear weapon. Tactical nuclear weapons are generally considered to be those with yields up to 50 kilotons. In 1965, an A-4E loaded with a B43 bomb fell off the USS Ticonderoga into 16,000 feet of water. The aircraft, pilot and weapon were never recovered (or at least that is the story).
i wonder how many A-4's could be bought for the price of a F-35.
All of them. At the same time, how many P-40’s? Jenny’s? Wright Flyers?
War changes.
Nature has the plants & animals evolve to become better than before. Man has made war, & that is the only thing that, at its core, remains the same as it has always been, & will forever be, yet is constantly evolving to become even worse. Not better.
The first 500 examples of the skyhawk cost the Navy $865,000 or so. In today's money that's roughly $9 million per unit.
I noted how they avoid the word "nuclear weapon" like the plague
Fun facts: the A-4 was flown by Sen. John McCain when he was shot down, in fact the A-4 was the most shot down Navy and Marine aircraft in Vietnam. The F-105 was the most shot down in the USAF.
The A-4 flew more dangerous missions more often than any other aircraft in Vietnam.
Yep, and he survived. Pity about that Songbird!
Great Discussion. Dr. Bronk is very smart.
What about the AT-802U Sky Warden or the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano for Ukraine? Ukraine is having to fly low to avoid radar, missiles, AAF and Russian tech already ( using many of the same aircraft as the Russians), might as well have an AC that can do that very well.... Both the Sky Warden and Super Tucano can carry decent payloads and fire modern weapons, for air to air, air to ground, close air support, electronic warfare etc. Much easier to train pilots and maintainers on and cheaper to maintain. There is no way Ukraine can afford to train, fly, maintain, and operate F-18's or F-16's... Let alone the time it would take to train and equip maintainers or even get logistics in order. Each of these can be equipped as basic as a recreational Cessna or as fancy as an A-10 when it comes to Avionics.
"Semper-Fi"
Imagine a modern day A-4 Skyhawk on steroids if they were to bring it back! An aircraft carrier can hold a lot of them!
Pensar que con estos mismos Skyhawk ya vetustos en 1982 la FAA les entro a la flota de la Royal Navy Britanica y con bombas Britanicas se las devolvimos sin coste 😂
هاته طائرة ممكن تبذيل مطهرها 97 في المئة بالاعتماذ على هيكلها الاوسط تقريبا متل طائرات الشبحية من الجيل الخامس وتكون لها القذرة على الاشتباك في الجو وضرب اهذاف ارضية انا افضل طائرات الشبحية ذات تسليح خارجي
So cute, mighty midget
hienemann's hotrod
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yeah that toss maneuver is meant for nukes!! insane to think they were going to use this little turd for that and expect it to survive!!!
Yeah, I often wondered about that. Even tossed a LONG way, the aircraft is still in the most powerful blast height. At full throttle the jockey might get far enough away.
@@brucewelty7684 with bombs bigger than fat man and little boy (those are basically under 25 kilotons firecrackers compared to some we'e got now!) the only real chance a pilot would have of getting clear of the blast zone is if he was dropping a para-retarded bomb at high altitude while going supersonic especially with the B50 series those are in the 1 to 10 megaton class! the A4 is 0.85 Mach at best and if memory serves its bomb was 800 kilotons the pilot might as well yelled bonzai like the kamakazi did on the attack run!