How the Blue Angels Convinced Tom Cruise to do Top Gun
It’s hard to imagine a world without the movie Top Gun. AvGeeks watch it at least once a year despite the 80s corniness, because the flying scenes are as cool…
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A-4 Skyhawk
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Watch: Skyhawk 518 Will Make You Want to Throw Down For Your Own Scooter
Private A-4 Skyhawk aircraft are becoming more and more common these days. Several companies have stockpiled former boneyard resident jets and they’ve slowly been coming on the open market after…
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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk: That Little Attack Jet That Could…and Did
Heinemann’s Hot Rod Was Diminutive in Stature But Still Hugely Capable Author’s note: This is the first of a multiple part series on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. This piece focuses…
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Miramar Looked Like This When TOP GUN Was Just Getting Off the Ground
In 1970 the Pacific Fleet Combat Camera Group produced the film “Seaview” for Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, located near San Diego in California, to portray the history and then-current…
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US Marine Reserve Flying Units Set The Standard For Readiness Before They Left For Vietnam
Originally made by Clyde Montgomery of WFGA Jacksonville in Florida, the film “A Ready Reserve” showcases the Florida-based 4th Marine Division Air Wing Team. The Douglas A-4B Skyhawks flown by…
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Navy Test Pilots Have Been Learning Their Craft at Pax River For Decades
The 1959 film “United States Naval Test Pilot School” (USNTPS) was made to introduce personnel to the Command and to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) at Naval Air Station…
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WATCH: When The Marines First Flew Scooters From Chu Lai in 1965
Want to Fly Skyhawks and Crusaders From a 2,000 Foot Runway? Here’s How You Do It In the film “CE-2 Trackless Aircraft Launcher” produced by the Naval Air Engineering Center…
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Watch: This Top Gun Took Place Long Before Viper and Iceman
The film “Operation Top Gun” is not about the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School, or at least not the version of it that the big screen film dramatized during the 1980s.…
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Douglas Was Selling Every Skyhawk They Could Build When They Made This Film
This film, produced by the Advertising Film Department of Douglas Aircraft Corporation during the early 1960s, highlights the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk light attack aircraft. The film has some great visuals…
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Would You Buy An A-4 Skyhawk After Watching This Promotional Video?
Here at Avgeekery.com we know how much our people enjoy Skyhawks. This gem of a film was produced by McDonnell Douglas in the early 1970s to familiarize potential customers with…
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A-4L Skyhawks Have Had Quite A History…And They Are Still Going Strong!
From The US Navy to Malaysia and now Red Air Douglas A-4 Skyhawks have been proliferating in civilian use for some time now. One of the companies that is restoring…
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Draken International Wants To Be Your New Aggressor Squadron
Draken International, sometimes referred to as “The World’s Largest Private Air Force”, is a defense contractor formed in 2011 offering flight training, threat simulation, airborne adversary support, electronic warfare support,…
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