Who doesn’t love a Skyhawk. #ExPitchBlackOnline today celebrates The Republic of Singapore Air Force continuous role in the exercise since 1990, including its magnificent A-4SU Skyhawks. #AusAirForce
I can hear Hornet starting in the background 🤤Those Singapore Scooters look fantastic in the South East Asia Camo. Now I’m starting to have Fighter jet withdrawals. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃
@@Aviation_Videos The scooters used the Pratt & Whitney J52 engine & the Hornet used General Electric F404-GE-402 afterburning turbofan engines. I've heard Hornets starting on many occasion from my house near RAAF Darwin. I've only ever heard Hornets make that whining sound on start up
@@Aviation_Videos Did not know that. Thanks for the info must of been non after burner. What a weapon the A4SU would of been. I use to watch the Scooters as a kid at HMAS Albatross & they never made that sound starting up & that would be why.👍
@@matk4731 yeah I thought the same sounded like hornets starting up did a little google and saw they used F404 it would be an awesome little jet to fly around
Hi Paul, RSAF’s two-cockpit skyhawk variant was around since early 70s. The A-4s incorported the new GE engine in the late 80s after a series of crashes showed up the age of the PW engine
Oh thank you so much for presenting this use d to love being down the end of the runway watching all the aircraft launch awesome so many great memories and fantastic crews of all the Nations stay safe all see ya
I remember reading that we plonked a new F404 turbofan engine onto the A4SU in its final upgrade, it overtook the (then) much more superior RSAF Tiger II in flight.
Everybody loves Skyhawks! We used to overhaul the RAN hawks as the Qantas Jet Base. But it was also nice see the F111's at 8:15 waiting their turn. Looks like a C and a G if my eyes haven't totally failed me.
The word "archives" seems to have been lost on some of you. This is video footage from more than 2 decades ago. Singaporean A4 Skyhawks first participated in the RAAF's Ex Pitch Black in 1991.
Curious as to why they didn't incorporate afterburners in at least some of those GE F404 engines. Maybe a length issue, or perhaps the airframe couldn't handle the stress? At any rate, I think it would have made for a decent short-range fighter aircraft. The A-4 already has respectable maneuverability, although I would screw those leading-edge slats in place like the Blue Angels to prevent any unexpected asymmetric instability. The extra boost from from an AB would be the icing on the cake.
no point; 1) the re-engining was mainly to solve reliability issues from the ageing J65s; in fact the particular f404s installed were down-rated to about 11.5k lbf dry 2) skyhawk's airframe was not rated to go past m1.0: it could but it would return damaged 3) the thing already had greater t:w than contemporary f-5's going at full afterburner! During tests, the su would outrun the f-5 chase planes especially at low altitude
@@aaronquak2139 Thanks! I knew they had to replace those J65s. I was initially curious also as to why they didn't choose the tried and true J52-P408, which had slightly greater thrust than the GE F404, but let me guess: age, weight, and fuel efficiency.
@@19580822 yes; by 1985-1992 you couldn't buy fresh J52s anymore. PW were willing to restart the production line, but the F404 was selected over the J52 and RB199 then under consideration. In any case the 404 was more reliable and serviceable, being designed for the Hornet, and was much lighter than the J52. ST Aerospace probably saw it as a chance to develop in-house capabilities too. The earlier TA-4S/S-1 were also totally different from US TA-4s and retained the J65 for commonality.
I used to work at McDonnell Douglas and one of the old salts told me that they once put an afterburning F404 in a Skyhawk as an experiment. He said the thing was a beast. I have no verification of that, though.
Wow, my father flew a Skyhawk off the U.S.S. Saratoga CV60 like sixty years ago VF31. Nice to see them still in the air. You ac actually purchase a demilitarized Skyhawk
A4SU if used today, will still be a formidable aircraft if u know how to fly and fight with it effectively. It would be a threat to anyone or any modern aircrafts and warships.
Do u know that the A4SU is smaller but it can carry heavy ammunition and acts as a fighter bomber. Other aircrafts will need to fold its wings when they are stored in an aircraft carrier but A4 need not. With its short take off and short landing abilities, it can still match any modern aircrafts today. Served as an carrier airborne fighter bomber, it will remain and still is a threat to any modern naval fleet today. The day of A4SU fighting in a war may not be over yet especially with its ability to carry nuclear weapons.
Do u know that the A4SU is smaller but it can carry heavy ammunition and acts as a fighter bomber. Other aircrafts will need to fold its wings when they are stored in an aircraft carrier but A4 need not. With its short take off and short landing abilities, it can still match any modern aircrafts today. Served as an carrier airborne fighter bomber, it will remain and still is a threat to any modern naval fleet today. The day of A4SU fighting in a war may not be over yet especially with its ability to carry nuclear weapons.
Did RSAF mothballed these A4SU instead of scrapping them? We had more than 100 of these last time and made us a country that has the largest number of fighters in this region.
Skyhawk a 4 Malaysia buy 88 unit during 80s but only 44 unit can be in service but now all of them are not in service anymore.anyone remember Falkland war?
Yeah, even the uniforms were old... The technicians wear pixelated camos nowadays like the USAF. The uniforms you see here is like 2-3 generations ago.
El modelo que usan los Singapurenses es muy distinto al que tiene casi todos los operadores (incluidos nosotros los Argentinos) ya que comunmente el modelo de entrenamiento; es de una cupula singular; mientras que el modelo SU es la fusion de 2 cabinas del A-4 normal en un mismo fuselaje (con un diseño que recuerda al helicoptero ruso el MI-24), quisas lo hicieron con el proposito de darle un "realismo" mejor al entrenamiento del pilotaje de estos scooters.
