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DOUGLAS A-4E SKYHAWK
1954
 
ATTACK AIRCRAFT
  
     
 
 
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DOUGLAS A-4E SKYHAWK
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 ATTACK AIRCRAFT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 Douglas Aircraft Company
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1954
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1956
NUMBER BUILT :
 499
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 27 ft 6 in (8.3 m)
LENGTH :
 40 ft 1 in (12.2 m)
HEIGHT :
 15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
WING AREA :
 259 sq ft (24.15 m sq)
WING LOADING :
 70.7 lb/ft sq (344.4 kg/m sq)
POWER LOADING :
 ---
ASPECT RATIO :
 ---
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 10,450 lb (4,750 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
 18,300 lb (8,318 kg)
WEIGHT MAX :
 24,500 lb (11,136 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 2 x 20 mm Colt Mk 12 cannon
PAYLOAD :
 9,900 lb (4,490 kg) of Payload of Bombs
(BOMBS) -
 6 x Rockeye-II Mark 20 Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU),
 
 6× Rockeye Mark 7/APAM-59 CBU,
 
 Mark 80 series of Unguided Bombs,
 
 B57 Nuclear Bomb,
 
 B61 Nuclear Bomb,
(MISSILES) -
 4 x AIM-9 Sidewinder Air-to-air missiles,
 
 2 x AGM-12 Bullpup Air-to-Ground Missiles,
 
 2 x AGM-45 Shrike Air-to-Ground Missiles,
 
 2 x AGM-62 Walleye Air-to-Ground Missiles,
 
 2 x AGM-65 Maverick, Air-to-Ground Missiles,
(ROCKETS) -
 4× LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× 127 mm Mk 32 Zuni rockets),
AVIONICS :
 Bendix AN/APN-141 Low altitude Radar Altimeter,
 
 Stewart-Warner AN/APQ-145 Mapping & Ranging Radar
POWER PLANT :
 1 x Pratt & Whitney J52-P-6A Turbojet Engine, Producing 8,400 lbf
 
 (37 kN)
CREW :
 1
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 673 mph (1083 km/h)
CRUISING SPEED :
 ---
LANDING SPEED :
 --
CLIMB RATE :
 ---
RANGE :
 1,160 miles (1867 km)
SERVICE CEILING :
 40,050 ft (12.3 km)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Newdick, Thomas. The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide - Carrier Aircraft 1917-Present, London: Amber Books, 2011. ISBN 978-1-908273-04-8.

  
 
     
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