VEAO is doing the A-4C "Skyhawk"?

looking forward to the Skyhawk.

having seen the real aircraft at intrepid museum in NYC USA, cockpit is quite cramped inside.

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US Senator john McCain flew them in Vietnam.

looking forward to the Skyhawk.

 

having seen the real aircraft at intrepid museum in NYC USA, cockpit is quite cramped inside.

 

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US Senator john McCain flew them in Vietnam.

M model and subsequent variants based on the M had an enlarged cockpit/canopy, still fairly small in comparison to others. A common phrase was "You don't fly A-4's, you wear 'em".

A common phrase was "You don't fly A-4's, you wear 'em".

LOL! Great one, didn't know that yet. :)

Check this web, it will make your waiting for the skyhawk a little more entertained..

http://a4skyhawk.org

Here some other interesting stuff. Some pics of 160038 that we lost during a CAX at the stumps in '82. When I found this site about 5 years ago - I could not believe there was still that much out there.

The rest of the site has other A-4 and other aircraft crash sites.

VEAO will like this...Kiwi Red

Some very impressive flying there.. the line abreast roll at 2.00 was quite something, then the air refuelling in a roll, and the speed of those solo passes... pretty, pretty good :)

I was lucky enough To Watch the Blue Angels when they flew their A4's, it was a thing of beauty. in my honest opinion I do not believe there is any aircraft that lends itself to looking as beautiful in the air during close formation as the Skyhawk.

It had the right lines, the right amount of power, the right amount of top speed and the ability to do it all. And look good doing it.

Many happy memories watching Kiwi Red and in RNZAF displays in general, obviously the roll with IFR was a "highlight" of the display.

The Kiwi A4 drivers were outstanding opponents and truly skilled operators ... good tanker drivers too :)

NZ did itself a great disservice disbanding its fast jet squadrons ... a skill set lost forever to NZ, ... though many other Air forces reaped the benefit by recruiting the A4 drivers.

Some very impressive flying there.. the line abreast roll at 2.00 was quite something, then the air refuelling in a roll, and the speed of those solo passes... pretty, pretty good :)

They were awesome to watch, they lost an A4 and pilot doing the refuelling in a roll not long before the A4s were retired. The RNZAF also did some very good mock airfield attacks during their displays back then which were awesome to watch and extremely low.:thumbup:

The Kiwi A4 drivers were outstanding opponents and truly skilled operators ... good tanker drivers too :)

 

 

NZ did itself a great disservice disbanding its fast jet squadrons ... a skill set lost forever to NZ, ... though many other Air forces reaped the benefit by recruiting the A4 drivers.

That's quite true and the skys since been quite quiet without any combat jets flying around aside P3s dropping Mk82s lol.:D At least they are getting new trainers...T6s.:thumbup:

Well here's about as close as I ever got to the A-4, this was at the 1987 RNZAF 50th Anniversary airshow.

Obviously not as exciting as IvanK's experiences with the RAAF against the RNZAF (in case people didn't realise, that photo of the Hornet doing IFR with the A-4K is his POV at the time).

from what i see in the photos, you can do the a-4c and the a-4p/q . if you shorten the nose you can have a B model, or A model.

from what i see in the photos, you can do the a-4c and the a-4p/q . if you shorten the nose you can have a B model, or A model.

if it were only that simple…:)

The models have different flight characteristics, different engines, different fuel systems and certainly different avionics. To do a good and proper job would require a whole new flight model and all of the programming that goes into that.

There were 21 different models of the A4 Skyhawk. And when I started the project, I made the decision to model just a couple that had the most differences and were the most iconic so as to make it viable to do them. I think I can safely say you won't be disappointed:thumbup:

Some more 3-D eye candy to whet your appetites.

Looking good.

Well here's about as close as I ever got to the A-4, this was at the 1987 RNZAF 50th Anniversary airshow.

 

Obviously not as exciting as IvanK's experiences with the RAAF against the RNZAF (in case people didn't realise, that photo of the Hornet doing IFR with the A-4K is his POV at the time).

Haha I think I sat in that exact same skyhawk. Was it Whenuapai Airshow for the Golden Anniversary? I think I have a picture of the Golden TA-4 somewhere.

The Kiwi A4 drivers were outstanding opponents and truly skilled operators ... good tanker drivers too :)

 

NZ did itself a great disservice disbanding its fast jet squadrons ... a skill set lost forever to NZ, ... though many other Air forces reaped the benefit by recruiting the A4 drivers.

Has ED hired you for DCS F-18C yet? : ) We had a Sqn of F-18's in 94 visiting Ohakea next to our Macchi's. Lovely birds indeed. Best sight though was one of your F-111's absolutely punching it at low level over the base before leaving for home.

Haha I think I sat in that exact same skyhawk. Was it Whenuapai Airshow for the Golden Anniversary? I think I have a picture of the Golden TA-4 somewhere.

It was at Ohakea - what a great day that was. The one and only time I got to see the Delta lady and the first time I ever so a Hornet (which I've seen many times since I moved across the ditch).

any body got any updates, i herd that somebody is trying to drum up a map of vietnam which is good but with this c model the fuaklins would be a very nice addiion.

any body got any updates, i herd that somebody is trying to drum up a map of vietnam which is good but with this c model the fuaklins would be a very nice addiion.

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=127100

Hi Guys,

Unfortunately I have some not so good news on this project.

As a responsible developer one of our golden rules is that we will not develop a module without an agreement or waiver from an aircraft manufacturer, its common knowledge that this was one of the main hold ups with development of the Hawk.

As such we have been in talks with McDonnell Douglas (A division of Boeing) regarding obtaining agreements for the A-4C and the A-4M Skyhawks.

Sadly the terms offered to us in exchange for the licence are not economically viable for the project to continue. Therefore we have to stop works on the Skyhawk and park the project indefinitely.

Obviously this is a disappointing development not least for the DCS community but the members from the VEAO development team who have put blood sweat and tears into the project.

I want to publically thank the members of the Skyhawk development team for their hard work and commitment to this project.

But one thing in life is for sure, as one door closes another one opens.

Obviously due to the sensitive nature of commercial discussions such as this there is only limited amount of information that we can divulge in public but true to the nature of the relationship Chris and I work hard to maintain with you all we wanted to bring you this news as soon as we were able.

On behalf of everyone at VEAO we thank you for your understanding regarding this announcement.

Pman

VEAO Consumer Products Manager.

Sadly the terms offered to us in exchange for the licence are not economically viable for the project to continue. Therefore we have to stop works on the Skyhawk and park the project indefinitely.

Aww.. That's too bad. :(

Let's hope situation improves in the future.