NAS, NAEC, NATF. (Naval Air Station, Naval Air Engineering Center, Naval Air Test Facility) Lakehurst, NJ. |
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 Naval Air Station Lakehurst, NJ |
 Naval Air Engineering Center Lakehurst, NJ |
 Naval Air Test Facility Lakehurst, NJ |
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Heritage-Patches The Naval Air Test Facility at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey, was established with testing catapult and arresting systems as its main responsibility. Several models of the Crusader were employed during the 1960’s, including F-8A’s, -D’s and L’s. Tailcode: none |
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13 March 1959: - - - - - Douglas A4D-1 (A-4A) Skyhawk * 14 August 1961 - - - - - Douglas A4D-2 (A-4B) Skyhawk * 3 December 1969: - - - - Douglas A4D-2N (A-4C) Skyhawk * 3 August 1972: - - - - - Douglas YA4D-5 (A-4E) Skyhawk * 26 January 1973: - - - - Douglas A4D-5 (A-4E) Skyhawk * 26 September 1972: - - - Douglas A-4F Skyhawk 12 Jul 1974: - - - - - - Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk 5 August 1974: - - - - - Douglas A-4M Skyhawk 19?? - - - - - - - - - - Vought F8A Crusader 1967 - - - - - - - - - - Vought F8D Crusader 1967 - - - - - - - - - - Vought F8L Crusader
NAEC 2 August 1977: - - - - - Douglas A4D-2N (A-4C) Skyhawk * 28 December 1978 - - - - Douglas NTA-4F Skyhawk
* November 30, 1962 The A4D-1 designation changed to A-4A The A4D-2 designation changed to A-4B The A4D-2N designation changed to A-4C The A4D-5 designation changed to A-4E For A-4 Skyhawk aircraft assigned to this unit see lower in this page: |
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Events 1915-1917 1917-1921 1921-1961 May 6, 1937 1958
August 31, 1965: Lt. (unknown) (TAD from NATC Patuxent River Flight Test) walked away uninjured and was rescued by HC-2 UH-2A Sea Sprite BuNo 150144 when he attempted to takeoff in NATF(SI) Lakehurst NA-4B BuNo 142685 on NAS Lakehurst runway 24 (5,000') at a gross weight of 22,100 lbs. He attempted to pull-off after leaving the runway lip, was airborne for 504' before striking the far side of a 27' wide ditch, another 406' before striking a barb wire fence, a further 275' through a stand of pine trees, turned 40 deg. to stbd. and travelled another 450' before crashing in a swampy area and skidding another 330'. USN AAR 31 August 1965. US Navy Accident Report, photo 1, photo 2, photo 3. The aircraft was modified to mechanically isolate the drop tanks from the internal fuel tanks so they could be filled with water for catapult tests and the drop tanks were equipped with siphon tubes that would automatically drain them for the arrested landing. Given the A-4 was being ferried to Pax River for weight and balance the pilot believed the drop tanks were empty and from that point forward nothing that disagreed with that preconception registered. 1973 1977 1992 1994 1994 1997 |
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