¿Qué hace que un avión diseñado en los años 50 siga siendo relevante hoy en día? El A-4 Skyhawk ha demostrado ser uno de los aviones de combate más exitosos de la historia. A pesar de su diseño aparentemente simple, este pequeño caza ha dejado una huella imborrable en la aviación naval. Únete a nosotros mientras desvelamos el secreto de su éxito.

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A-4
Description Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Author wallycacsabre

Descripción Inglés: Un A-4 Skyhawk actuando en el NAS Ft Worth Air Show en 2016.
Autor Globo Greyjoy

Description English: Douglas A-4E Skyhawk
Author Kaboldy

Description English: Line drawings of the McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawk. Generally similar are the A-4KU, A-4N, A-4AR and AF-1 (Brazilian A-4KU).
Author Marcin Zieliński

Description RIAT Airshow 2022
Author Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Description RIAT Airshow 2022
Author Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Description RIAT Airshow 2022
Author Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Ed Heinemann
Description English: Douglas Aircraft Company chief designer Ed Heinemann (1908-1991).
Author Unknown author

Grumman F9F Panther
Description Grumman F9F-2 Panther Bu 123440 USMC Hamilton 1950; crashed into water while landing on USS Philippine Sea, in Sea of Japan 16. Feb. 1952. Pilot killed.
Author Bill Larkins

McDonnell F3H Demon
Description A U.S. Navy McDonnell F3H-2N Demon (BuNo 133572) in flight near the McDonnell plant in St. Louis, Missouri (USA).
Author U.S. Navy

USS Essex
Description Deutsch: Besuch der USS Essex (CV-9) in Kiel und in Hamburg
Author Peter Christian Riemann

B-26
Description Douglas B-26C (A-26C) Invader
Author USAF Museum

Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Photographer Aldo Bidini


Douglas F3D Skyknight
Description A Douglas EF-10B Skyknight (BuNo 127047) of Marine Composite reconnaissance Squadron 2 (VMCJ-2) "Playboys" in flight, circa in the 1960s. VMCJ-2 was commissioned on 1 December 1955 and began to fly electronic warfare missions off North Korea, China and the Soviet Union immediatley. In 1965 VMCJ-2 was deployed to Da Nang in South Vietnam with six aircraft. The Skyknights flew over 9000 sorties and lost five aircraft and twelve crewmembers. They were withdrawn from Da Nang in October 1969 and officially retired at MCAS El Toro (California, USA) on 31 May 1970.
Author www.bluejacket.com cites U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps as source

Motor
Description English: A sectioned Pratt & Whitney J52 twin-spool turbojet engine.
Flickr image posted on Commons.


Pratt & Whitney J52 (original photo)
Author Flickr user Greg Goebel (original author) Olivier Cleynen (photo editing)

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