Military Machines, Equipment, Stories and History

The McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk: Australia’s Pocket-Sized Carrier Fighter

Royal Australian Navy A-4G Skyhawk on the catapult aboard HMAS Melbourne

There is something about the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk that seems to contradict the normal development of military aircraft. Fighter and attack aircraft generally become larger, heavier, more complicated and more expensive as they evolve. The Skyhawk went in almost the opposite direction. It was small, light and relatively simple. It wasn’t supersonic and it didn’t […]