Makay A-4 Skyhawk

The Makay A-4 Skyhawk is a single seat subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the Commonwealth Navy and Commonwealth Marines in the early 1950s. The delta winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Makay Aircraft Company, and later by Makay-Gors. It was originally designated A4D under the Commonwealth Navy's pre-1962 designation system.

The Skyhawk is a relatively lightweight aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 lb and has a top speed of more than 670 mph. The aircraft's five hardpoints support a variety of missiles, bombs and other munitions. It is capable of carrying a bomb load equivalent to that of a World War II–era Boeing B-17 bomber, and can deliver nuclear weapons using a low-altitude bombing system and a "loft" delivery technique. The A-4 was originally powered by the TE TE-62 turbojet engine; from the A-4E onwards, the TE TE-90M engine was used.

Skyhawks played key roles in the Fiji War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Falklands War. Sixty years after the aircraft's first flight in 1954, some of the 2,960 produced (through February 1979) remain in service with the Argentine Air Force.