Displayed at the National Museum of Naval Aviation. Has been towed to the active ramp for the annual Blue Angels homecoming Air Show.

At the Museum.

This was the second Skyhawk built, and was originally a YA4D-1. After testing was complete, it was reconfigured into an operational A4D-1 (later A-4A). It is (and still is as of 2022) in the markings it wore when assigned to VA-83.

14 Aug 1954: First flight as a XA4D-1. Ca.1955: TOS USN. By 1957: NATC, NAS Patuxent River, MD. 1960: NARF, upgraded to A4D-1. It was then transferred to VA-83, NAS Oceana, VA. 7/62: Redesigned A-4A. By 10/62: NAF China Lake, CA for testing. 1 Jul 1963: SOC, stored at NAS Litchfield, AZ. By 1967: TOS USN and returned to NATC Patuxent River. 10/69: SOC. By 1975: Naval Aviation museum, marked as it was when in service with VA-83.

This first production Skyhawk flew on August 14, 1954, just two months after the prototype XAD4-1. Designated as the first of sixteen YA4D-1s, it was brought up to full AD4-1 specs in 1960. Retired in 1969, it has been with the Naval Aviation Museum since about 1979, marked as it was in service with VA-83.

On display on the museum's restoration area ramp.

Early production A4D-1 wearing the markings of attack squadron VA-83.