Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4J Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:158486 USN
    Construction Number:14291
    Last Civil Registration:N518TA
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4J sn 158486 USN cn 1429...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pacific Aero Ventures Llc, Ontario, OR

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4J.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158486.

    3 November 1983

    Crashed.
    Location and other details not available.

    11 June 2007

    To Pacific Aero Ventures Llc, Bellevue, WA with new c/r N518TA (TA-4J, MD 14291).

    Based at Fighting Classics Aircraft Restoration, Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Restored.
    Rebuilt using the forward fuselage is 158518 with the wings and tail being from A-4C 148602.

    26 March 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX518TA (TA-4J, MD 14291) issued.

    20 April 2010

    First post-restoration Flight.

    By 3 August 2010

    Placed up for sale on Barnstomers: http://www.barnstormers.com/ad_detail.php?ID=457701.

    17 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    17 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    18 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    To Lyon Air Museum, John Wayne International Airport (Orange County Airport), Santa Ana, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    18 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    3 May 2011

    To Pacific Aero Ventures Llc, Bellevue, WA keeping c/r N518TA.

    By 14 May 2011

    Markings Applied: 518, NAVY, NP

    14 May 2011


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Chino Planes of Fame Airshow 2011

    15 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    21 July 2018


    Photographer: Gary Maisack
    Notes: Flying at Skyfair 2018, Paine Field, WA

    29 March 2019

    To Pacific Aero Ventures Llc, Ontario, OR keeping c/r N518TA.

    8 October 2022


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: Departing the Apple Valley show

    10 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Houston - Ellington Field, TX, USA
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Dan Stijovich
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=117387][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk, s/n 158486 USN, c/n 14291, c/r N518TA[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=117387
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.