Midway's Hangar: The Restoration Facility for the USS MIDWAY museum

Midway's Hangar
The Restoration Facility for the USS MIDWAY museum
(Currently known as The San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum, on the USS Midway CV-41)

The A-4 Skyhawk was conceived as a jet-powered replacement for the A-1 Skyraider. Douglas took a hard look at the growing weight and complexity of contemporary combat aircraft, and came up with an aircraft that was just half of the 30,000 lb proposed in the official specification. Being an outstanding example of simple, lightweight design, the Skyhawk became one of the primary US weapons in the Vietnam War, equipping some 30 Navy and Marine attack squadrons during 1968. Close support and interdiction missions were its specialty, and the Navy eventually purchased over 2,000 examples in five versions without ever varying the attack mission for the A-4.
(source: United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 by Gordon Swanborough and Peter Bowers)

Here the Skyhawk sits on the pier before it was craned up onto the flight deck.
This Skyhawk was restored by the San Diego Aerospace Museum
(and used to be on display at their Gillespie Field Annex) before we acquired it.