1955 Press Photo US Navy A4D-1 "Sky Hawk" makes its first carrier landing.
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Description
US Navy: Bombers: Jets: This picture released by the Dept. of Defense 9/16 shows the Navy's new A4D-1 "Sky Hawk" making its first carrier landing aboard the USS Ticonderoga 9/12. With gear, flaps and hook down, the aircraft flies "in the groove" on its approach to the carrier. The A4D-1, which has an unusually small wing span, is the smallest Navy aircraft capable of carrying an atom bomb.
