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McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk
🇺🇸 United States ·first flight unknown· fleet air defence , light attack
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A4 lands on melbourne: Nick Thorne· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Douglas A-4K Skyhawk ‘N146EM’ (28595493850): Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk, Australia - Navy AN2129470: Steve Fitzgerald· GFDL 1.2
- 4. McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk 880 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in February 2015: Nick-D· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. RAN McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk taxiing during the Fleet Air Arm 21st Anniversary of HMAS Albatross at Nowra October 1969: Ken Hodge· CC BY 2.0
- 6. A-4G on cat of HMAS Melbourne (R21) 1972: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 7. A-4G Skyhawk No 886 in flight in the 1970s: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 8. Replica of McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk 882 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in February 2015: Nick-D· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Royal Australian Navy 805 sqn A-4G Skyhawk RAAF Pearce Bullsbrook: Kurt Finger· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Royal Australian Navy Skyhawk RAAF Pearce Bullsbrook: Kurt Finger· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk is a variant of the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft developed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The model was based on the A-4F variant of the Skyhawk, and was fitted with slightly different avionics as well as the capacity to operate AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. The RAN received ten A-4Gs in 1967 and another ten in 1971, and operated the type from 1967 to 1984.
How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 8.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Top speed is 8.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Can fly 1.6× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- introduced
- 1967
- retired
- 1991
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- role
- fleet air defence , light attack
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- McDonnell Douglas
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney J52-P8A
- crew
- 1
- length
- 12.3 m
- wingspan
- 8.4 m
- height
- 4.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 11.1 t
- top speed
- 1,086 km/h
- cruise speed
- 788 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 14,600 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q12061543, Wikipedia: McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.