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May 30, 2010 03:14 | #1

Just north of Tucson, AZ is the town of Marana and their fantastic municipal airport. Our local cadre of aviation shooters has been hawking (Skyhawking) this project nearly from its inception and the first fruits of labor took flight two weeks ago with a short hop over to Chino for the Planes of Fame airshow.

Today, this rebuilt McDonnell-Douglas TA-4J came home to roost after her triumphant debut!

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And A B&W Conversion As Well...

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I hope to document further progress on this magnificent aircraft.

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May 30, 2010 03:57 | #2

Great shots
Always liked the A4

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May 30, 2010 07:26 as a reply to @ Ramrod's post | #4

Great shots Jay! Thansk so much for posting. Brings back memories of when my dad used to fly them in the Navy.

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May 30, 2010 07:27 | #5

Very nice indeed.
My pick of the bunch has to be 3+7, the b/w conversion works very well.
Will be good see to more of this.
Thanks for posting.

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May 30, 2010 08:01 | #6

Good series. Someone's a very lucky guy!

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May 30, 2010 12:52 | #8

Very nice ! I guess that's another example of men and boys and the price of their toys. The B+W works best for Me.

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May 30, 2010 14:34 | #9

Thanks All...

It's a pretty daunting project but it could yield an unbelievable return on investment for the gentleman who is doing this.

Jay
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May 30, 2010 15:06 | #10

Nice to see another A-4 in the air again, aren't too many flying........
PS. nice catch, pictures look good.

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May 30, 2010 18:51 as a reply to @ mhm2526's post | #12

. . . nice series Jay, not exactly the SkyHawk I'm familiar with !

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May 30, 2010 19:58 | #13

Amazing shots of a plane we sadly don't get to see too often!

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May 30, 2010 20:37 | #14

very cool!

a really great series.

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May 30, 2010 21:26 | #15

love the pics! always admired the A-4

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