Warbird Information Exchange

The Warbird Heritage Foundation of Waukegan IL has acquired the A-4B Skyhawk from the EAA and is in the process of returning it to flight. Check out our website for our progress to airworthy.
www.warbirdheritagefoundation.org

David (Sabrscootmech)
WHF Maint

That is awesome.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

David:

Any chance we can talk you into doing a post on what it takes to make this beast fly like the Sabre Annual one??

Mark H

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David - that's GREAT news! It will be awsome to see an A-4B Skyhawk flying on the warbird air show circuit. I really enjoyed seeing the WHF F-86F and T-2B at Thunder Over Michigan last year. The foundation is developing quite a stable of exciting vintage jet warbird aircraft.

Please keep us posted on the progress.

I'll look in to starting a thread in the maint hangar detailing what we're doing to work towards airworthy. There will also be updates on our website with new photos added regularly. I hope Wix'ers will view both.
Here's a current photo of our new A4.



David
WHF Maint

I think it's just great that EAA has finally let go of the jets that were donated to them back in the 90s. It's awesome to see a couple of them being restored back to flying condition.

I was extremely disappointed when the flying jets were given to EAA and they ended up as static displays. Glad to see a new lease on life for a couple of them and I'm looking forward to seeing the Skyhawk on the airshow circuit.

Dude,

What a beauty! Is this at your "house"? I am still working on T33driver's F-86 (collection program), don't have room in my shop for any A4 bits.

Does this mean a new "tat" for the jet age?

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Thanks guys for all the good comments. I too am glad to be working on bringing another airplane back to airworthy. I'm an avid believer that they are meant to fly if at all possible.
Scott,
I was thinking about that F86 collection you have. That's about all the further I got though. it's been pretty busy with the condition inspection going on with the Sabre right now as well as working on the A4. I wish it was here at home, but it's still in Oshkosh. It's going to be a while before we start engine runs etc. Our goal is to fly it back to Oshkosh this year for Airventure.
Maybe a classic jet Tattoo will work on the other shoulder. I'll have to work on a design for that one.
David

So what's the deal with the Hunter that was part of the collection???
It's been for sale for quite a while at a low price with no takers

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From what I remember there is a pretty large corrosion issue with it. I might be wrong.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

Apart from mthe Collings Foundation TA-4J, are there any other warbird Skyhawk flying around ?

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Paris, FRANCE

There's a TA-4 in Texas and another TA-4 going together for an owner in Wyoming. Maybe Rick H knows of more out there?
David

The one in Texas is in Houston and that is the TA-4J of the Collings.

Think the other TA-4 going together is being assembled in Driggs, Idaho, by Rich Sugden's Teton Warbirds.

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Paris, FRANCE

There's one that's been around a while that was originally built up from pieces in Washington state. It now belongs to Victor Miller, last I heard it was at Alliance Airport north of Ft Worth.

There is another being built up in AZ using a forward fuselage and the main pieces from an A-4L. This will allow a J-52 power change. The wings and tail are essentially the same.

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Is there any chance of any TA-4's or singleseaters being imported and for sale in flying condition?