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Royal Australian Navy Skyhawk Jet Promotional Poster

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RAN

c. 1980

Overview

Official RAN colour promotional poster showing aircrew preparing Skyhawk Jet, number 877.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2013.8.2

Item type

Prints

Themes

Defence > Navy

Material

Printing Paper

Width

487 mm

Height or length

345 mm

Weight

46 g

Inscriptions and markings

“Aircrew prepare a Skyhawk Jet” printed at bottom right. Jet showing number ‘877’.

Contextual information

The Douglas A4 Skyhawk was designed for aircraft carrier operations. The RAN purchased 8 A4-G fighters and 2 TA-4G trainers in 1967 from the United States and were brought to Australia where HMAS Melbourne was the parent aircraft carrier. When HMAS Melbourne was decommissioned in 1982 the remaining Skyhawks were withdrawn from service. This promotional poster is 1 of a set of 4 believed to have originated from Garden Island Naval Base, Western Australia.

Keywords

Skyhawk Jet

Royal Australian Navy

Place made

Australia

Year

c. 1980

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

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Comparative significance criteria

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