A4 Skyhawks of the RNZAF

A4 Skyhawks of the RNZAF having a bit of fun.

[@5spdstang]

These buggers used to fly over our house all the time...low....on purpose...cuz we called the base and asked them to continue. The base commander was expecting another angry call complaining about the noise etc....he was so shocked and grateful that we actually appreciated it, word went out to all the aircrews....any plane going over us, would do so nice and low and they'd 'wing wave' to us, they knew exactly which house was ours...we had a Canadian flag on a pole....the good ole days

[@mtnmist1]

Huge respect to those RNZAF guys. Extremely capable & crazy low flying. Damn shame with the end of the fast-movers for NZ...

[@MMMayday_official]

Such a shame I wasn't alive to see these legends fly

[@00Donkey00]

I remember seeing them flying a few times back in the late 80's and maybe early 90's. It's a real shame they didn't keep a couple around for airshows. Hopefully someone brings one back to NZ one day.

[@rawls1965]

I used to work on them

[@Ac22768]

You must be like, an infant then.

[@Skyraider356F]

The Argentine Air Force and the Brazilian Navy still use the A-4 (modernized, of course) as their main fighter aircraft.

[@ceedoubleyou]

so embarrasing when Auntie Helen cancelled the F16s and took years and hundred thousands of dollars to sell the A4s.

[@whakatu4life285]

Yeah, like we could have saved the country if we still had them how many times since way back then.... oh yeah, that's right NZ don't need those sort of planes, more choppers and transports for these "weather events" that are ripping the country would be more useful

[@ceedoubleyou]

@@whakatu4life285 hey, why do we need any armed forces, as you say no one has attacked NZ, btw plenty of volenteers from all over NZ went to BoP to help out.

[@ML98837bob]

Back in 1977-79 these would fly low over our neighborhood in Christchurch. We would only get 2-3 seconds of a look but it was enough to thrill this young man and make vivid memories that last to this day! Loved those low banking turns right over my head. Could even see the pilot’ s helmet.

[@allgood6760]

Cool vid!.. I spent a week with 75 Squadron...got a ride in a Tbird doing practice bombing runs up Northland.. thanks 👍🇳🇿

[@johnstreet7656]

Many years ago (circa 1978), I got to see a couple of the NZ A-4s up close. I was on a rescue team repairing one of our disabled A-4's [Marine Corps] on a cross-country at NAS Dallas, TX. Two of these were sitting on the ramp right next to where ours was parked. They were factory-new and we did a walk around oohing and aahing. Not sure why they would have been at NAS Dallas, maybe just a stopover? Pretty cool to see them flying here.

[@davidbolton4930]

God dam the boys could fly the fuck out of those things

[@alanbrooke144]

Ah, Dome Valley as seen from 'Ammo Boxes'.

[@VMA225]

Brilliant !!!

[@arielgarciadema2731]

RNZAF have not fhigther planes now, no? Excuse me my bad english of argentinian high school. 😮😁👍🇦🇷💪

[@00Donkey00]

That is correct, RNZAF has no fighter planes now 😢 Only T-6C Texan II for training pilots, plus helicopters and transport planes.

[@arielgarciadema2731]

@@00Donkey00 Thank you friend. It's HAS no HAVE, excuse me. 😮😄👍🇦🇷

[@hernanarieldiaz7208]

Si lo ve un inglés , tiembla

[@TeToruFarms]

Magnificent video, awesome video footage

[@josehidalgo8119]

Esos caballitos se doman en 🇦🇷....

[@nicholasmills9299]

buger helen clark clapped outv old banger not the macchis

[@sparked3113]

These things got massive air brake flaps in the fuselage, they scream like hell on a short landing.

[@themediaboxtv]

jag owner pilot this clip nzdf

[@watchthesky.]

Old Aussie skyhawks.

[@GifFg-w4s]

احب كتابات اهي هاو هاو

[@blakjaknz]

Thanks for posting that!!! Awesome. Sigh.

[@johnpayne8496]

Who needs Topgun??

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Get back to this.

[@flyinghigh2373]

I was in the RNZAF when they arrived in Auckland by boat and all were towed out to Whenuapai, I was at the bombing range a few years later and one of Skyhawk went pass us below and the Pilot waved out to us, they where boys with good toys.

[@johnbaxendine4132]

Still the best

[@arielgarciadema2731]

🥸👍🇦🇷💪

[@SASCAT1972]

Great memories.

[@MaoriMan76]

Used to see Skyhawks all the time in our area Central North Island, King Country area back in the 80s and 90s... Seen their last hurrah flight back in 2002?

[@hdmccart6735]

This video will strike fear into the hearts of.....um...

[@louisavondart9178]

Kiwi pilots. The Brits spent weeks building a range target out of concrete, re-inforced with lengths of railroad track for the Kiwi pilots flying Vampires ( or Venoms ) The Kiwis wrecked it in 3 days.

[@viperdriver82]

Aaahhh yes ...Riding the scooter

[@rodolfogimenez2375]

Nosotros los argentinos lo consideramos nuestro avión de combate

[@timmurphy2731]

Love these bird, watching them get shot off and recovered was awesome!

[@Thespiansewist]

Gosh look like fun to fly

[@louiekiwi]

Great footage ruined with music

[@BtownRex]

Nah it's a great tough guy song, I like it

[@PavewayJDAM]

Shame NZ gave up it's fast jet assets....so short sighted.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

"NZ" as such didn't, one government did - against the advice of their own guy who analyzed the options, he suggested taking half of the F16s the US offered at a low price.

[@rodolfogimenez2375]

Ni ustedes los EEUU sabían lo que eran capaces de hacer ésas formidables maquinitas nosotros los argentinos sí y lo hicimos gracias EEUU

[@matiasvelazquez8287]

Maverick lo hiso

[@arielgarciadema2731]

Pero estos eran los que uso Nueva Zelanda, los A-4 K, piloteado por neozelandeses obviamente. 👍🇦🇷

[@jeanyonsei2318]

Looks fast af for a subsonic aircraft...

[@DoubleMonoLR]

Probably as it's small, much like the big A380 etc look incredibly slow.

[@VectorGhost]

I can't believe new Zealand got rid if it's airforce -_-

[@whakatu4life285]

Yeah, like the RNZAF no longer exists aye..... oh no hang on, just one more uninformed clown comment

[@flyinghigh2373]

The RNZAF are still flying just no fighter planes sad but the planes before the Skyhawks never saw active duty I was in the RNZAF from 1967-77 Auckland, Singapore and Wigram (Christchurch) good days

[@federicogallo849]

Ask to coventry, ardent, antellope, wordsword Glamorgan.... even ask to Invencible..... regards from Argentina. We lose Malvinas War, but we didnt baf

[@nzgunnie]

never got anywhere near Invincible. Argie propaganda.

[@rodolfogimenez2375]

Pero lo que hay que destacar es la abilidad y destreza de nuestros pilotos

[@arielgarciadema2731]

Nuestros..?

[@nigelsmith7366]

Your pilots were outclassed from the start 😂😂

[@arielgarciadema2731]

@@nigelsmith7366 You ask to veterans of Royal Navy Task Force of '82 War. 😮💪🇦🇷🇦🇷💪

[@shanebailey9128]

Rumour has that when the A4’s were retired they were replaced with Tiger moths! But there’s nobody left in nz to fly them. They are all in Australia.

[@kiwidiesel]

Not true for the simple fact that there are too many Australians, snakes, spiders and dingos that steal babies living in Australia for some of us to want to move over.