Hi. I'm QDC. At the time of this recording there are over 12,000 subscribers to my channel
and in this particular video I want to give for those who subscribed to my channel a special
thank you. What you're about to see in this video is one of my favorite jet planes of
all time. My favorite jet plane is not a fighter plane but an attack plane. It's the A4 Skyhawk.
I really like this particular plane and the reason why is because that's my first introduction
to combat airplanes. When I was a kid, I used to watch the Blue Angels flying. They were
always...flying. I was really impressed with their acrobatic skills. So I just fell in
love with the A4 Skyhawk. I had an opportunity to go inside a real A4 Skyhawk and I want
to show that clip to you. So lets go over to that particular plane right now and take
a look around it and inside it.
This is the Skyhawk. Do they use this plane as trainers? [Docent] I don't believe they
used these as trainers. I think most of these were used for missions. This one in particular
was built in 1964. Skyhawk started in the late 1950's; 1958...1959. These flew all the
way into the 1980's. I just spoke to a guy yesterday who saw these fly from 1984 to 1988.
After that the United States retired them and sold part of their fleet remaining down
at South America such as Brazil and Venezuela. In the United States these has been retired.
[Me] In other countries they're still using it but not here in our country. [Docent] Yes,
there are very old technology. They don't...it's all done by hydraulics and cables. Modern
ones they're all by senors and electronics. This doesn't have a computer in it. A lot
of people think that this has a Heads Up Display. This is before that time. All it has is a
targeting range. [Me] What are some of these controls you can show me? [Docent] This is
the steering. Behind it is your radar. This one right here is your respect to horizontal
where you're at towards the horizon. This is also another gauge to horizon and also
a compass. This is your altitude to radar so it tells you radar is on or off and it's
also tells you altitude where you're at. This is your acceleration tells you how many G's
you're going in and out. This right here. Lots of people ask what this is. JATO is an
acronym for JET ASSIST TAKEOFF. The jets are not really jets but they're more like rockets
that they put on the wings two of them one on each. If they are on a small runway he
hits that red button just once. Those will turn on about 10 seconds for burn to get enough
power to get off the runway. In front of that is the throttle. That's what you use for taking
off. Lots of people ask how you start this think well you simply press the start. These
are the pair of flaps up and down. Yes, there are a lot of different controls for this.
This is the hook up and down on the back. This can actually land on a carrier and that
would pull the hook up and down. For the landing gear quite simply it's a wheel. It's a wheel
so that's how you pull the landing gear up and down. All the ones that are yellow and
black...in case of emergency. In between your legs is one of the ways you would up the eject
out of the cockpit in case you were coming down or when you get out. [Me] I want to thank
you for giving me this real cool tour.
Ok, were back. So I hope you enjoyed this video. I know I have been overstating this
over and over and over again but when I make these videos, I am really am trying to encourage
you to build your own model kits. So please do. I'm QDC. Thanks for watching.