A4 Skyhawk

tom roberts · **Posted:** Mon May 15, 2023 3:09 pm

Is there still a Skyhawk flyable in the US ?

Duggy009 · **Joined:** Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:20 pm **Posts:** 320

Don't "Draken" still use them?

bmoran · **Joined:** Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:48 am **Posts:** 140

There are at least a dozen or so.... A couple usually show up to Oshkosh.

An interesting video about an A-4 outfit:

quemerford · **Joined:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:19 pm **Posts:** 1576

...plus some in Europe.

OD/NG · **Joined:** Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:36 pm **Posts:** 746

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At least 31 worldwide - at least civil registered.

p51 · **Posted:** Wed May 17, 2023 1:09 pm

I remember this one showing up at the Olympia airshow. I talked with one of the retired Navy crew, and they told me the thing had no working ejection seats:

Vzlet · **Joined:** Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:50 am **Posts:** 31

On two different days last week, I saw pairs of Draken A-4Ks working over Camp Lejeune in North Carolina:

Draken Douglas A-4K Skyhawk by Mark Carlisle, on Flickr

wls3 · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2023 9:36 pm

Here are a few seen in Florida over the past years.

This one was seen at Thunder over Michigan.

JohnB · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2023 8:56 am

Nice to see some still fly.
A question...how are they as a warbird in terms of practical stuff...parts, maintenance, servicability?
Reasonably easy to live with for a civil, non-commercial warbird owner/operator?
Concerning those issues, how do they compare with other types?

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11319

Three airworthy US civil registered examples for sale here:

https://www.platinumfighters.com/fighters/

And a close-to-flying project... https://www.platinumfighters.com/invent ... n-skyhawk/

C VEICH · **Joined:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm **Posts:** 1470

Ran across the Argentine schemed one now for sale with Platinum a few years ago in Marana. An exceptionally fine looking machine!

Hooligan2 · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2023 7:12 am

I think the ones operating in Europe are Canadian registered? Based in Germany (?), tho I think I saw something about them flying in the UK for a few days recently, providing targets for our mil to practice shooting at!

wendovertom · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2023 9:56 am

JohnB wrote:

Nice to see some still fly.
A question...how are they as a warbird in terms of practical stuff...parts, maintenance, servicability?
Reasonably easy to live with for a civil, non-commercial warbird owner/operator?
Concerning those issues, how do they compare with other types?

John - as a T-33 owner once told me, "purchase price is just a ticket for admission". I had asked him about owning a F-100 (there were a couple for sale at that time for fairly "cheap") he just laughed and said even a T-33 is an easy way to burn through money on a good day!

Tom P.

aeroeng · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2023 1:30 pm

Boeing uses one as a chase plane in St. Louis.

aeroeng

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