{"product_id":"9781935327752","title":"A-4 Skyhawk Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions","description":"\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by Douglas Aircraft Co.'s brilliant engineer Ed Heinemann, the turbojet powered, delta-wing A-4 Skyhawk played a key role in conflicts from Vietnam to the \u003cbr\u003eFalklands and Yom Kippur Wars. The \u003cbr\u003eSkyhawk was intended to replace the venerable Skyraider as a carrier-based, \u003cbr\u003eground attack aircraft, yet Heinemann's design looked nothing like its predecessor. \u003cbr\u003eIts small, lightweight airframe was so compact that its wings did not even have to be folded for carrier stowage, and it surpassed the Navy's design specification for weight by nearly 100%. No wonder the nimble jet was dubbed \"Heinemann's Hot \u003cbr\u003eRod\". \u003cp\u003eThe A-4 entered service in 1956, and first saw combat during the early days of the \u003cbr\u003eVietnam War where it flew as a light attack aircraft. Its service in S.E. Asia was prolific, as it flew literally thousands of strike and escort missions and even scored an air-to-air victory over a North\u003cbr\u003eVietnamese MiG. A Marine A-4 is believed to be the last American aircraft to drop bombs on Vietnam. During the conflict 362 \u003cbr\u003eSkyhawks were lost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Navy retired the Skyhawk in 1975, \u003cbr\u003ealthough it continued flying as a trainer and adversary aircraft as late as 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly 3,000 Skyhawks were built before production ceased in 1979, including a two-\u003cbr\u003eseat trainer model TA-4. The Skyhawk was widely exported and saw combat with the air forces of Kuwait, Israel and Argentina. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pilot's manual was originally classified \"restricted\" but has now been declassified and is here reprinted in book form\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Periscope Film","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040314310896,"sku":"9781935327752","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935327752_p0.jpg?v=1763656099","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935327752","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}