Airports all over the United States should have something like this! This week, I noticed that Albany Municipal Airport finally has a new "gate guard" display at the entrance, a restoration project that has been many years in the making! I figured I should take a few photos after I finished my flight lesson this morning. That aircraft is a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, one that I have seen previously every time I frequented Albany as it has been seen sitting on the airport ramp for what seems like forever.
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| United States Navy Douglas A4D-5 A-4E Skyhawk (152012) on display. On the right side, the aircraft displays markings of VA-164 "Ghostriders" of the Navy. Originally assigned to VF-43 "Challengers" of the United States Navy as an adversary aircraft for dissimilar air combat training. |
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| Face-to-face with the "scooter!" This restoration project was one of three Skyhawks that were trucked up to Albany from the boneyard. The original plan was to prominently display all three A-4s together as "gate guards" but this one took a lot longer (and costed more) than expected, and the other two Skyhawk frames are apparently in too poor of shape to really restore. |
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| On the left side, the A-4E displays markings of VMA-331 "Bumblebees" of the Marine Corps. The display looks great, if I do say so myself! |
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