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Price: $179.95
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Be Enthralled with This Stunning Blue Angels
A-4 Model Aircraft
Our Blue Angels A-4 model airplane exhibits
unmatched, unequaled quality and intricate design to achieve
exactness and accuracy of the actual model. It also comes with a
sturdy, durable base stand which comes in different colors of your
choice and a polished chrome steel support mounting rod or avail our
variable pitch wall mount accessory.
Our Blue Angels A-4 model plane is made of the
finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and
careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Our
craftsmen and artisans ensure finely handcrafted model airplanes
with precise blueprint details of the original aircraft. The Blue
Angels A-4 model airplane's paint scheme, markings and parts are
extremely complete, reflecting the original A-4 Skyhawk. This
top-quality Blue Angels A-4 model plane will surely be appreciated
by who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift. This Blue
Angels A-4 model plane is definitely the ideal gift to every
aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good,
old flight memories for it displays perfect resemblance to the
actual A-4 Skyhawk.
A-4 Skyhawk as flown by the Blue Angels History:
The Blue Angels chose the A-4 in the early '70s, replacing
the thundering F-4. By adopting the Skyhawk, the team now had an
aircraft that was much more aerobatic than before. This allowed for
a tighter display and the ability to keep much of the performance in
front of the audience.
The A-4 Skyhawk was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Corporation
and was designed by Ed Heinemann. Its primary users are United
States Navy and United States Marine Corps. Its maiden flight
happened on the 22nd of June 1954 but it was introduced in 1956.
The A-4 Skyhawk is a lightweight, single engine attack aircraft.
It is said to be one of the most famous attack aircrafts ever
designed. The short range attack and close support aircraft was
originally intended for the U.S. Navy and Marine forces. The A-4F
variant was a refinement of A-4E. It has extra avionics housed in a
hump on the fuselage spine. Some of this variant served with Blue
Angels acrobatic team during 1973 to 1986.
The Blue Angels are the best U.S. military aerobatic team. They
fly different kind of aircrafts including Grumman Hellcats, Bearcat,
Panther, and the Skyhawk. The A-4 Skyhawk was chosen in the early
70s over F-4 as Skyhawk is said to be more fuel efficient than the
Phantom. It was chosen because it was the aircraft that was more
appropriate that time in the midst of an oil crisis. With the A-4
used by the team, different display was done. The Skyhawk was more
aerobatic than the other aircraft. This allowed them to have a
tighter display and be able to keep their performance in front of
the audience.
The pilots of the Blue Angels enjoyed flying the A4 Skyhawk
because it is easy to maintain and the accident rate was quite low.
Eventually, there were new aircrafts that replaced the Skyhawk. It
retired in 1976 for the U.S. Navy while in 1998 in U.S. Marine
Corps. However it is still active in other countries.
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