Restored Fuerza Aerea Argentina's Douglas A-4C C-322

[Sturmovik]

I went yesterday to the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica in Buenos Aires. It was cloudy and began to rain as soon as I got there.

The visit was worth it, because I was able to see the two restored IAI Dagger C-432 and the Douglas A-4C C-322.

Grupo de Restauraciones Aeronáuticas started restoring the A-4C months after the Argentina vuela 2022 (which took place in the platform of the museum). Here are the photos of the restored plane in its Malvinas/Falklands colours, with a bonus photo of the plane in its post war scheme.

 

Post war scheme:

 

Restored scheme:

 

Bonus question: Why are the engines removed when the aircraft are sent to museums?

 

 

 

 

[Pete in Lincs]

In quite a few cases, Aircraft may be sent to Museums because the Airframe has been overstressed, or has internal damage which may not be economical to repair.

It might then be stripped of useful items (Christmas treed) and used as a training aid, a gate guard, or a Museum exhibit. An engine is a very valuable asset.

[Sturmovik]

@Pete in Lincs thanks for the very informative answer! I bet one of the engines in the second hangar was from the A-4C.

[FalkeEins]

 nice! thanks very much for posting. A shame in a way though to see what I presume was the 'original' finish over-painted 

[Sturmovik]

34 minutes ago, FalkeEins said:

original' finish over-painted

The guys at the MNA were ahead of us. The plane was completely stripped of its old camouflage and repainted from the ground.

[Guest]

On 17/04/2023 at 15:14, Sturmovik said:

I went yesterday to the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica in Buenos Aires. It was cloudy and began to rain as soon as I got there.

The visit was worth it, because I was able to see the two restored IAI Dagger C-432 and the Douglas A-4C C-322.

Grupo de Restauraciones Aeronáuticas started restoring the A-4C months after the Argentina vuela 2022 (which took place in the platform of the museum). Here are the photos of the restored plane in its Malvinas/Falklands colours, with a bonus photo of the plane in its post war scheme.

 

Post war scheme:

 

Restored scheme:

 

Bonus question: Why are the engines removed when the aircraft are sent to museums?

 

 

 

 

Sorry for not post this in english, but i'm very busy now. Generalmente se le sacan los motores para alivianar peso (para moverlo de un lugar a otro sin sobrecargar mucho los neumaticos) y también porque el motor tiene muchos liquidos que pueden afectar la vida y la preservación de la aeronave, aparte de que algunas piezas del motor pueden ser reutilizadas como Repuestos.

[wellsprop]

@Julien could we move these photos to the walkaround section?

[Julien]

5 minutes ago, wellsprop said:

@Julien could we move these photos to the walkaround section?

If the original poster is happy

[Sturmovik]

On 12/07/2024 at 06:40, Julien said:

If the original poster is happy

I'd be really happy if you did! Happy to contribute!

[Hook]

On 4/17/2023 at 8:14 PM, Sturmovik said:

Why are the engines removed when the aircraft are sent to museums?

It may also be a health and safety issue. Here in the Netherlands several displayed engines and aircraft turned out to be lightly radioactive and / or containing asbestos.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Robin-42]

Engines are generally removed if possible, because of the weight, and the fluids which will leak. Generally they try to drain every system completely, because they leak and the fluids involved are usually not healthy for non-trained personnel to handle. I remember reading an article years ago where they did a safety audit on a Uk museum. The result was service inflated tires on a Lightning-enough PSI to kill anyone near if it blew, a live ejection seat marked inert and a radioactive mass balance found in a toolbox from a Buccanear if I recall correctly.

[Julien]

A lot of the time when the aircraft is removed from service the engines are removed at that point so they come to the museum with no engines.  Engines are kept for a variety of reasons and even can be sold separately. 

 

Museums dont wont aircraft leaking fluids either. 

[Orion]

Hello Sturmovik,

Would like to thank you for the excellent "High Quality" pictures fo these famous aircraft.

Credit to the volunteers that made this all possible.

Regards from The Netherlands,

Orion.