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Scooters Forever (A-4 Skyhawk Tribute Thread)

thebluto said:
...I have yet to hear of a Naval aircraft that people in the Navy refer to with a cooler sounding name than what the Navy gave it.
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Then you ain't heard nuthin', yet. :)

PLEASE --- you are distraught. Immediately give yourself a blue card -- and/or a time-out.

The Navy bureaucracy sez: Douglas A-4 Skyhawk ... it's "O.K.", but ... :sleep_125

A-4 Operators/Drivers say: Scooter; Bantam Bomber; Heinemann's Hot Rod; Tinker Toy; Mighty Mite; Camel (A-4E and subsequent models with avionics hump); Skyhog; Super Fox (A-4Fs with P-408's); Squawk/Kahu (New Zealand); Ahit/"Vulture"(Israel); Chickenhawk (Australian Navy).

You tell us which has more panache .... :)
 
A4 tailhook

NEW Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Navy Carrier Aircraft TAILHOOK

Unique Gift For a PILOT on Christmas. Only a FEW left

Item number: 320183829176

No idea if this is a good deal or not, but if you just have to have a new A4 tailhook, this might be for you. At the cheap, for you, today only price of $599.00.:eek:

My guess is if it is something that you wanted to have, you would have figured out an alternative method of bringing it home.

( I'm not the seller, just saw it on Ebay )
 
GroundPounder said:
NEW Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Navy Carrier Aircraft TAILHOOK

Unique Gift For a PILOT on Christmas. Only a FEW left

Item number: 320183829176

No idea if this is a good deal or not, but if you just have to have a new A4 tailhook, this might be for you. At the cheap, for you, today only price of $599.00.:eek:

My guess is if it is something that you wanted to have, you would have figured out an alternative method of bringing it home.

( I'm not the seller, just saw it on Ebay )
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I received the tailhook from my last A4 trap as a VT-7 instructor as a going away gift from the contract maintenance folks. I don't think I'd sell it for any amount. Well...I may have a price. It is a great item to have leaning against the wet bar.
 
I'm going to need to come across a tailhook when I finally do buy a house with a bar-worthy basement...
 
A4sForever said:
$600 !!!

I got my A-4 and A-6 'hooks via the 5-finger discount method. Situation normal in the 'ol days ... :)
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Hey A4s, did you know Darryl Kerr? He was a Knightrider CO and then CO of the RAG (128) when I was a nugget. His RAG going away gift was an entire hook structure from the A6 which a couple guys mounted on his rec room wall as a surprise for him when we all retired from his family room to the rec room. The loud tearing and crash we heard was followed by a realization that the A6 tailhook assembly can pull down a plywood wall!
 
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