A-4 wing tie down points

[Skinny_Mike]

Hi everyone! I’m currently working on an A-4 that I plan to put on a carrier deck base. I’m trying to understand where the wing tie down points are. I have the attached photo as reference. Any help is appreciated.

[RichB63]

[Skinny_Mike]

Thanks Rich! That is kind of where I thought the tie down point would be.

 

Does anyone happen to have a picture of what’s behind the door? 
 

thanks

Mike

[Finn]

Here are a few examples, i think the wing tie down chains were removed to make loading easier:

 

 

 

edit: one more, if not due to go flying soon it looks like chains were put back on and pins installed:

 

 

Jari

Edited September 22, 2025 by Finn

[GW8345]

For a plane that is ready for the next launch (i.e. loaded and prep'ed), only 6 chains would be on the aircraft. Usually the plane would have 2 chains per landing gear strut unless there wasn't a way to do that, then other tie down points would be used. 

hth

GW