A4 Skyhawk

[tom roberts]

Is there still a Skyhawk flyable in the US ?

[Duggy009]

Don't "Draken" still use them?

[bmoran]

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

An interesting video about an A-4 outfit:

[quemerford]

...plus some in Europe.

[OD/NG]

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At least 31 worldwide - at least civil registered.

[p51]

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]

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]

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




This one was seen at Thunder over Michigan.

[JohnB]

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]

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]

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

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[Hooligan2]

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]

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]

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

aeroeng