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McDonnell Douglas A-4L Skyhawk
 Cleveland - Burke Lakefront (BKL/KBKL)
USA - Ohio, September -, 1974		 Kenneth Koehn
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149516 (cn 12841) A new addition to my Cleveland Air Show photo collection, this Navy Reserve A-4L from VC-12 was based at NAF Detroit, MI (Navy facility located on Selfridge AFB now ANGB). This unit's time was short lived at NAF Detroit before moving to NAS Oceana, but fortunately this one was captured on a visit to the Cleveland Air Show in 1974. Hope more folks out there have pictures from the CLE NAS, especially in the 1970's- there is quite a gap in photographs from that era.


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Kenneth Koehn August 6, 2010 at 01:24AM Rating: 6
I was the same way- I had some Air Baron brochures and such that I got rid of- now I would probably pay dearly on e-bay for the same thing. Somebody out there had to take pictures of the Air Barons at Burke-

Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. August 5, 2010 at 10:29PM Rating: 10
I remember watching the Barons as a kid (I was 13 in 1974) and being disappointed that they weren't the Blue Angels. I would think differently now! (I realize this wasn't one of them, but the topic came up!)

richillini August 5, 2010 at 10:18PM Rating: 10
Great picture! Along with the F-4, "Scooter" was my favorite USN/Marine plane back in the day! Thanks for sharing

Kenneth Koehn August 5, 2010 at 10:04PM Rating: 6
The Air Barons were from NRS VA-725 operating out of NAS Glenview (Chicago). They performed at the CLE NAS in 1971, but I cannot find any pictures of them there. See this link for more including pics -http://aerobaticteams.net/US_Navy_Past_Teams.html
Hoping somebody out there will post or contact me if they have old pics of the CLE NAS- so much neat stuff is lying around undiscovered out there!

707guy August 5, 2010 at 10:03PM Rating: 10
Nice pic!

RampBoss August 5, 2010 at 08:45PM Rating: 10
Is this one of the Air Barons display team's aircraft? They flew A-4's as part of USNR and came to Cleveland around that time. I can't remember if they had special paint jobs or not. Nice pic of the Skyhawk by the way!