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SKYHAWK RESTORATIONS QUESTION: How can I obtain an A-4 Skyhawk for restoration or display? ANSWER: Sales and procurement of surplus US military aircraft are handled by AMARC (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center) at Davis-Monthan Air Base, near Tucson, AZ. Information on AMARC and how to do business with them can be found at AMARC or AMARC Experience. QUESTION: Where may I purchase parts for an A-4 Skyhawk I am restoring or maintaining? ANSWER: Derco Aerospace, Inc., 8000 West Tower Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53223, and Kitco, Inc., P.O. Box 900, 1625 N. Mtn. Springs Pkwy, Springville, UT 84663, are licensed by Boeing to provide A-4 Skyhawk spare parts, technical drawings, and other manufacturing process data. QUESTION: Where may I obtain low/no-cost A-4 Skyhawk replacement parts and pieces? ANSWER: Information on such items is best obtained via communication with other individuals or organizations (air museums, etc.) who have already been through that hoop. A list of restored A-4 Skyhawks and their locations may be viewed at Skyhawks on Display. As a minimum, submissions must include: Aircraft BuNo (Serial Number), Current Owner & Location, Date Acquired, Purpose (i.e., Static Display or Return to Flight Status), Estimated Completion Date, and Full Name & E-Mail Address of contact individual. Additional data and current photos are welcome. A-4B, 142112: Warbird Heritage Foundation, Oshkosh, WI. Acquired in December 2007 for restoration to flight status. Completion Target Date: Six months. Contact: info@warbirdheritagefoundation.org A-4L, 148538: Hickory Aviation Museum, Hickory, NC. Received from NMNA, Pensacola, August 2007, for eventual static display. Estimated completion date: TBD Contact: webmaster@hickoryaviationmuseum.org A-4L, 147825: Santa Maria Museum of Flight, Santa Maria, CA. Acquired in February 2006 for eventual static display. Completion date: TBD. Contact: info@smmof.org A-4C, 148597: South Aviation, International Arport, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Acquired in April 2006. Restoration to flight status underway. Completion target date: Indefinite. Contact: fmachado@southaviation.com A-4C, 149620: Aero Mark, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID. Acquired mid-April 2005, in relatively good condition, for return to flight status. Completion date: Indefinite. Contact: Bob Hoff, hoffrobert@msn.com
TA-4J, 152867: Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Titusville-Cocoa, FL. Acquired November 2005. Being restored for static display. Estimate completion in 2009. Contact: vacinfo1@bellsouth.net Skyhawks on Display Or visit the photograph albums of the following unit pages to check on Skyhawks "restored for flight".
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