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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Carried More Bombs Than B-17 Bomber
Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, developed in the 1950s ... It was also very fast; and the first XA4D-1 prototype – dubbed "Heinemann's Hot Rod" – set a ...
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Why the A-4 Skyhawk Deserves a Place in Aviation History
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk gets lost in the mix sometimes ... Built in the 1950s as a replacement for the Douglas A-1 Skyraider ...
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The U.S. Navy’s A4 Skyhawk Was the Stuff of Legend
The Douglas Aircraft Company (now owned by Boeing) answered the Navy’s call by building the A-4 Skyhawk. Ed Heinemann, the lead designer for the A-4 Skyhawk, encapsulated the Skyhawk’s ethos ...