IMPORTANT! This product is a port over to FLIGHT SIMULATOR X from the P3Dv4.4 PBR EDITION, and it is meant to work with FLIGHT SIMULATOR X GOLD, STEAM EDITION AND/OR ACCELERATION. It should also work (but it has not been tested) in Prepar3d V1, V2 and V3. IF YOU INTEND TO USE IT IN P3DV4 OR ABOVE, YOU SHOULD PURCHASE THE PBR EDITION! NO REFUNDS GIVEN!
 

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system.

The Skyhawk is a relatively lightweight aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 pounds (11,100 kg) and has a top speed of more than 670 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). 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 Wright J65 turbojet engine; from the A-4E onwards, the Pratt & Whitney J52 engine was used.

Skyhawks played key roles in the Vietnam 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 and the Brazilian Naval Aviation.

This package depicts a number of different versions of the A-4 family, specifically the A-4E/F and its derivatives (A-4G for Australia, A-4H for Israel and early A-4K for New Zealand). "SuperFox" versions (late A-4F with J-52-P408 engine mostly used for adversary role) are also included.

This package features:
- Detailed external visual models with customizable loads. External visual models include:
   - Older A-4E with no avionics hump
   - Upgraded A-4E with avionics hump
   - A-4F, A-4G, A-4H and early A-4K (before project KAHU)
   - A-4F "SuperFox" including special model for Blue Angels

- Detailed virtual cockpit rendition. NOTE: Only one cockpit model provided: early A-4F model is used for all the visual variants
- Extensive usage of PBR materials 
- more than 20 detailed liveries including U.S.Navy and U.S.Marine Corps attack, training and adversary squadrons; Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Israeli Air Force
- Accurate flight model based on real world flight manuals. Different engine performance bewteen -P6, -P8 and -P408 variants.
- Support for VRS Tacpack (required for weapons functionality)
- Compatibility with both VRS Tacpack Carriers and SWS Carrier Environment X (CEX)
- Detailed manual