A-4 Skyhawk Blue Angels Jet
The aircraft here has been painted in the Blue Angel colors as their flight demonstration team from 1974 until 1986 used the A-4. The honorary pilot’s name on this aircraft is Mike Nord a native of Louisville, Kentucky. Mike graduated from the University of Kentucky. He received his Navy Wings in 1971 and reported to the Blue Angels in 1977. He was the Blue Angels’ narrator during the 1978 season and flew as part of the team in 1989 and 1990.
Rockets, guns and cannon. The A-4 was manufactured for 15 years starting in 1954. It was flown by many foreign countries and was the Argentinean Air Force main aircraft in the Falkland war with England.
The A-4 Skyhawk was powered by a single engine producing 7700 pounds of thrust. Its maximum level air speed with 4000 lbs of armament was 645 mph (subsonic).
