Wings Great Planes Episode 11 Douglas A-4 Skyhawk ( Air Date 1988-06-15 ) Genre Documentary category. Overview "The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas.".