A-4SU Skyhawk
The ST Aerospace A-4SU Super Skyhawk is a major upgrade project of the Douglas A-4S Skyhawk attack aircraft undertaken by Singapore Aircraft Industries (SAI, now ST Aerospace) in the 1980s. It was used exclusively by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), serving in the fighter-bomber role from 1989 until retirement from front line service in 2005. Since mid-1999, the A-4SU took on the additional role of being the designated advanced jet trainer (AJT) aircraft for the RSAF's AJT training program/detachment in Cazaux, France.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Douglas
- Category
- Attack aircraft
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 446 kt
- Max speed
- 610 kt
- Range
- 1,700 nm
- Service ceiling
- 40,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 10,913 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 22,500 lb
- Empty weight
- 10,250 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 370 US gal
- Powerplant
- General Electric F404-GE-100D turbofan
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 41.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 27.5 ft
- Height
- 15 ft
- Number built
- 150
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.