Right you are. ATAC was here the past couple of weeks with a Hawker, a Scooter, and a couple Kfirs.
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Scooters Forever (A-4 Skyhawk Tribute Thread)
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Right you are. ATAC was here the past couple of weeks with a Hawker, a Scooter, and a couple Kfirs.
MasterBates
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And I ended up in inadvertent form with one of their A4s.. Sneaky bastards.
One more back up flying again- I got this email alert yesterday:
Warbird Heritage Foundation A-4 Flies once again!!!
http://www.oshkosh365.org/ok365_Dis...?id=1235&boardid=147&forumid=175&topicid=3412
Warbird Heritage Foundation A-4 Flies once again!!!
http://www.oshkosh365.org/ok365_Dis...?id=1235&boardid=147&forumid=175&topicid=3412
.... Or perhaps less scary in an x-wing landing.
Looks like it gave this guy trouble....
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Really ??? I would have 'inadvertently' shot you down ....
Don't you have a bus full of window lickers and a gigantic flying saucer on top that can prevent those sort of inadvertent occurences?
Here is a picture of what I believe is the same aircraft taken in 1991-92. I ran into the original civilian owner, a dentist in Joliet, IL, in 1992 when he was attending a symposium in Va. Beach and I was at NTU. He was on base trying to get as much info about A-4's as he could, as he had recently acquired the airframe and had started the restoration process. I kept in touch with him for several years as he was also interested in putting it on the airshow circuit once complete, didn't trust his own flying skills that much, and was looking for a pilot. The project dragged on, I ended up retiring and eventually lost track of him. I heard from a fairly reliable source not long ago that he had sold/donated the unfinished project to the EAA and it was now in their hands, which leads me to believe this is one and the same.
Pics from my recent visit to Perryville, MO (K02). The Sabreliner Corp re-builds Scooters. Enjoy!!
-ea6bflyr
TA-4 re-build above owned by Rich Sugden. He plans to paint it in the classic Training Orange and White. His FBO with lots of other collectible aircraft in Driggs, ID.
Photos by ea6bflyr
-ea6bflyr
TA-4 re-build above owned by Rich Sugden. He plans to paint it in the classic Training Orange and White. His FBO with lots of other collectible aircraft in Driggs, ID.
Photos by ea6bflyr
They look so pretty and clean. Amazing.
Flew the NA-4E (BuNo 148613) when I was at China Lake. It was a little weird. Echo fuselage and Charlie wings. It was great for chasing BQM-34s on the range though.
Walt (Corkyboy on the forum) sent this picture to Fred (Derf on the forum) and, I the other day. That's Walt (of course) as the mild mannered ex A-4 'jack of all trades' from yesteryear posing with the nimble little airplane.
BTW... any of you older guys know the answer to Walt's question? And like Walt said "no cheating." (Read email below.)
Below are copies of the emails from Walt and Fred about the picture.
Steve
From Walt:
"Steve & Fred: We visited the Air Museum and airplane "Bone Yard" in Tucson, AZ today. I never saw so much junk aluminum in all my life. There were enough F-4 Phantoms there to make up quite a few squadrons.
Looks like we have a Skyhawk nose strut failure in the picture. If I can remember correctly, it will take about 180 lbs of nitrogen to fill it up. This one probably needs all the o-rings and a re-chrome job to boot.
I couldn't do the fuel probe "Monkey Hang" like Derf did, as it was too low. I also don't believe I'm skinny enough now to climb down the inlet and check the CSD fluid level like I once did. Actually the "C" model didn't use a CSD. Trivia question: What component drove the generator? NO CHEATING!!!
Later......Walt"
From Fred:
"Walt...Too high tech for me to answer. I bet it will be something simple though.
But Walt, you look right at home next to the Skyhawk. Wanna put on those mickey mouse ears one more time and do a sendout? Or maybe hop up on the oily right wing and do an oil fill? Also put your screw driver in a mason jar and get a fuel sample. How about calling for the Bat Mobile to do a tire check on that nose wheel. And while you're at it use your zeus wrench and drop the belly compartment hatch and top that baby off to 5400#. Remember how much fun that was when there was a drop tank hung in the middle? (had to take the hatch off). When you get done head on over to the coffee mess and grab a cup to take out to the fuel pits. Kick back, put your feet on the table and enjoy a Winston and that cup of java. (Ah the good old days,) Maybe Charlie Piazza will show up and tell us some funny things about the Bronx. Or maybe Arse will sit down next to you and smell like he just finished a six pack. And maybe you'll spot Tellyson, Green and Bebe Brain going through the dumpster behind the chow hall looking for something to snack on. Oh oh, here comes Fleck. He says Bitcon wants us to do a FOD pickup and then go to mid rats. (Lights out...Food fight)
Fred"
BTW... any of you older guys know the answer to Walt's question? And like Walt said "no cheating." (Read email below.)
Below are copies of the emails from Walt and Fred about the picture.
Steve
From Walt:
"Steve & Fred: We visited the Air Museum and airplane "Bone Yard" in Tucson, AZ today. I never saw so much junk aluminum in all my life. There were enough F-4 Phantoms there to make up quite a few squadrons.
Looks like we have a Skyhawk nose strut failure in the picture. If I can remember correctly, it will take about 180 lbs of nitrogen to fill it up. This one probably needs all the o-rings and a re-chrome job to boot.
I couldn't do the fuel probe "Monkey Hang" like Derf did, as it was too low. I also don't believe I'm skinny enough now to climb down the inlet and check the CSD fluid level like I once did. Actually the "C" model didn't use a CSD. Trivia question: What component drove the generator? NO CHEATING!!!
Later......Walt"
From Fred:
"Walt...Too high tech for me to answer. I bet it will be something simple though.
But Walt, you look right at home next to the Skyhawk. Wanna put on those mickey mouse ears one more time and do a sendout? Or maybe hop up on the oily right wing and do an oil fill? Also put your screw driver in a mason jar and get a fuel sample. How about calling for the Bat Mobile to do a tire check on that nose wheel. And while you're at it use your zeus wrench and drop the belly compartment hatch and top that baby off to 5400#. Remember how much fun that was when there was a drop tank hung in the middle? (had to take the hatch off). When you get done head on over to the coffee mess and grab a cup to take out to the fuel pits. Kick back, put your feet on the table and enjoy a Winston and that cup of java. (Ah the good old days,) Maybe Charlie Piazza will show up and tell us some funny things about the Bronx. Or maybe Arse will sit down next to you and smell like he just finished a six pack. And maybe you'll spot Tellyson, Green and Bebe Brain going through the dumpster behind the chow hall looking for something to snack on. Oh oh, here comes Fleck. He says Bitcon wants us to do a FOD pickup and then go to mid rats. (Lights out...Food fight)
Fred"
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I was wrong about the Squadron name Steve, but right about them being part of Coral Sea's airwing. That is a VA-153 Blue Tail Flies A-4C.
I found a pic of a bird w/ the same nose #....different bureau# though. (www.skyhawk.org)
I found a pic of a bird w/ the same nose #....different bureau# though. (www.skyhawk.org)