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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4A Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:137814 USN
    Construction Number:10711
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4A sn 137814 USN cn 10711...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, NCC China Lake (North), Ridgecrest, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a YA4D-1.

    23 September 1956

    First flight.

    From Circa 1956 to 17 June 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 137814.


    Photographer: Gordon Permann Collection

    By 1959

    To VX-4.
    Markings added: XF-43

    1961

    Transferred to Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS), China Lake, CA.

    Redesignated as A4D-1.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as A-4A.

    17 June 1963

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    Struck off charge at NAF China Lake, CA.

    To United States Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, NCC China Lake (North), Ridgecrest, CA.
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    3 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 137814 - YA4D-1 Skyhawk - ex-US Navy - China Lake / Naval Weapons Center - The second pre-production Skyhawk on display at a roundabout on NAS China Lake.

    By October 2011

    Markings Applied: CHINA LAKE
    Restored to late 1950s China Lake day-glo scheme.

    6 October 2011


    Photographer: Gary Verver
    Notes: A-4A Skyhawk BuNo 137814 in a CONA retro paint scheme, Switzer Circle, NAWS China Lake, CA.

    March 2013


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum
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