A-4 Skyhawk Restored for Display

[GAHorn]

Here are five photos taken at the old NAS Alameda. After 2-1/2 years of
volunteer restoration work on the A-4, which had blown over in a wind storm,
it was to be put back on the pedestal. (Click on each photo to ENLARGE.)

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Then the crane MISSED the pedestal-pins...

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...and in an effort to drag it back (look at the cable angles)....

....not only did it get dropped a fewfeet onto the pedestal ....but the crane tipped on its side and the whole arm
fell on the plane.

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[Fearless Tower]

Actually, that's a Skyhawk. Skyraider has a prop.

[GAHorn]

Actually, that's a Skyhawk. Skyraider has a prop.

I knew that.

[Bramlett]

That is painful to see.

here is the video of the event

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLC-QgCi1pQ


I'm no structural or crane engineer but my farm sense tells me that the crane is too far away from the load....

[falco]

for a few dollars more, get a bigger crane, or move closer and fix the lawn afterwards... screwing it up is the most expensive way to do things. Like saving a couple million by buying the cheaper blowout preventer...