Argentine Navy and Army Images:

[timshatz]

Great stuff Charles. Good pics. Love the A4.

What is the capability of the A4AR? Is it up engined? Avionics? Looked like it was pretty heavy in terms of total weight.

 

[CharlesBronson]

It was a Lincoln yes, Argentina had in his day 30 Avro lincoln and 100 Gloster Meteor.

What is the capability of the A4AR? Is it up engined? Avionics? Looked like it was pretty heavy in terms of total weight.

Not much heavy than a Marines A-4M, the main change was the use of and F-16 APG-66 radar with enhanced characteristics, and all glass cockpit, . Too much avionics for this little plane in my opinion.

Complete overhaul of the airframe, wires and the Pratt Whitney J52P-408A engine

Installation of Douglas Escapac 1-G3 ejection seats

HGU-55/P helmets

Honeywell Normal Air-Garrett's OBOGS (On Board Oxygen Generation System)

Westinghouse/Northrop Grumman AN/APG-66V2 (ARG-1) radar

HOTAS controls and a 'glass' cockpit (3 large CRT screens)

Sextant Avionique/Thales Avionics SHUD

Litton/Northrop Grumman LN-100G inertial navigation system

MIL-STD-1553B data bus

Two General Dynamics Information Systems AN/AYK-14 mission computers

Northrop Grumman AN/ALR-93 (V)1 Radar warning receiver

AN/ALQ-126B jammer

ALR-39 chaff/flare dispenser

IFF AN/APX-72

 

[Matt308]

Well done!

 

[timshatz]

Good job Charles, thanks for posting the info. Slick little bird.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Navy aircrafts operations over the U.S navy Carrier "Ronald Reagan" july 2004.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHB6kqaG3I0

 

[Matt308]

Super Etentards on the Reagan? Was this a joint exercise?

 

[timshatz]

Nice clip. Good job by the Argies on those bang and burns. Notice they all came in on line but slightly below the crosshairs. Is that because that happens at the last second or, as I was figurin', because they are used to hitting the deck on a smaller carrier and having less to work with start closer to the back.

Heard during WW2 the Navy had something similar happen with the Light Carrier pilots when the landed on the Fleet Carriers. All the Light Carrier types would stay to the left of center on the flight deck 'cause they were used to working with a flight deck that was only 2/3s as wide as the Fleet Carrier.

 

[Matt308]

Even with the meatball? Doesn't that mean you would constantly be chasing yellows?

 

[timshatz]

Even with the meatball? Doesn't that mean you would constantly be chasing yellows?

Yeah, come to think of it, I guess you would. Either that or landing on the very back of the carrier (the part where airplanes don't so much as land as "hit").

Good point. Hadn't though of it.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Nice clip. Good job by the Argies on those bang and burns

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Super Etentards on the Reagan? Was this a joint exercise?

It was, is not the first time. The exercises with foreign navies have an very practical purpose, that is the Navy pilots did not loss his Carrier operation skills. The last argentine carrier go to scrap in India in 1992.

SUE over the CVN-72 ..Abraham Lincoln? 1995.

 

[Matt308]

I have always liked the Etentard. Purposefully built aircraft. Too bad I have to compliment the French.

 

[timshatz]

That makes sense all around, having the US run a carrier down for quals. Saves Argentina having to run a carrier all the time, keeps ties close, gets the US Battle Groups a little exercise in the South Atlantic.

Pretty decent bang for the buck all the way around.

 

[timshatz]

I have always liked the Etentard. Purposefully built aircraft. Too bad I have to compliment the French.

Agree. The Super E is a pretty bird. Been around for a long time too. Does the job well.

 

[CharlesBronson]

That makes sense all around, having the US run a carrier down for quals. Saves Argentina having to run a carrier all the time, keeps ties close, gets the US Battle Groups a little exercise in the South Atlantic.

Pretty decent bang for the buck all the way around

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Completely agreed.

The last argentine carrier go to scrap in India in 1992

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A little correction in here, the ship was actually put out of service in 1995 and scraped in 1998.

 

[HealzDevo]

Grumman Trackers were cold war 1960s-1970s aircraft weren't they? I thought they were a very early AWACs before the Boeing E3C and that got into the act...

 

[CharlesBronson]

Right , but the Turbo Trackers used by the ANAF were completely refurbished by Israel Aircraft Industries, with new avionics, computers, radar, and obviously engines...nearly emerged as a new plane.

 

[Matt308]

Beauties

 

[CharlesBronson]

They are. 8)

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[Matt308]

Great pic!

 

[HealzDevo]

I can think of better aircraft than the Dassault Etendard. F-15 anyone? F-16 Fighting Falcon? F-4 Phantom II?