Another website 'SkyDrive' run by Microsoft is able to host file sizes up to 100Mb (initially only 50Mb hence a bunch of 50Mb files). Go here for these files - look in 'My Documents' folder for other than RAN FAA A4G Skyhawk PDF files:

http://cid-cbcd63d6340707e6.skydrive.live.com/home.aspx?sa=822839791

UPDATE: 02 January 2011 - A new 700Mb PDF compilation of RAN FAA Sea Fury, Firefly, Sea Venom, Gannet & DC-3 aircraft is available. PDF includes info about NAS Nowra, HMAS Melbourne & Sydney. PDF can be archived on a CD-R sized disk (not CD+R - too small). The material in the compilation has come from a recent version of the 4.4GB PDF dated 01 Jan 2011 (see link below).

http://www.a4ghistory.com/Venom+FixedWingONLYnoA4_30dec10.pdf

09 December 2010: New 700Mb PDF (may be archived on a CDrom) has been uploaded named "Other_RAN_FAA_Jets_&_Targets_&_LHD_09dec10.pdf". This PDF has all the RAN FAA Jets F.A.W. Mk.53 Sea Venom, Vampire and Macchi MB326H not including the Skyhawk. These pages have been taken from the recent 4.4GB PDF available on this page now dated 08 Dec 2010. The named PDF also includes information about the old Jindivik & Turana targets, NAS Nowra, the new LHD, with some data on 'How to use the Mirror' & HMAS Melbourne. And there is another update to the 4.4GB PDF "A4G-FAA_Scrapbook_16aug2011_7,812ppFINAL.pdf" (scroll down page) with extra 'How to Deck Land Information' including the SHAR & AV-8B Harrier details. Please follow the download advice to 'right click' on the PDF download link & 'Save Target As' to your computer: Other_RAN_FAA_Jets_&_Targets_&_LHD_09dec10.pdf

Strategic Projection Ship ‘Juan Carlos I’

Navantia LHD English Narration Video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NAgt3OwMxM]

LHD [for Australian & Spanish Navies]

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http://www.navy.gov.au/Canberra_Class

RIGHT CLICK ON URL below TO ‘Save Target As’

RAN LHD Explanation Video (30.6Mb) [http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/LHD_Intro.flv]

“Spanish LHD, SPS Juan Carlos I, alongside the Spanish Carrier, SPS Principe de Asturias. The RAN’s LHD is based on the SPS Juan Carlos I.”

Adobe can do amazingly stupid things to Adobe Reader and the PDF format to make 'legacy' PDFs unusable. Thank you Adobe.

In the case of Adobe Reader X and Vista you will need to follow this method to view any videos in my PDFs.

If using latest Adobe Reader X (10.1) in Windows 7 to view PDFs on this page, the advice below is not relevant. The advice on how to use Adobe Reader X (10) in Vista applies only to that Operating System/Adobe Reader combination. Otherwise using Adobe Reader 9.4.5 (equivalent to Adobe Reader X) in Vista presents no problem with viewing embedded videos. So please - if you are using Vista - use Adobe Reader 9.4.5 to view PDFs to be able to see the embedded video clips. Thanks.

Right Mouse Click on Adobe Reader X icon (taskbar, desktop icons only OR "AcroRd32.exe" in your Adobe Folder)

Tried using Adobe Reader X (10) in Windows XP SP 3, finding that the movies will play when using Compatibility Mode for Windows 2000. Right click on the Reader X icon and select Properties. select the Compatibility TAB and then select/tick box 'Run this program in Compatibility Mode for Windows 2000' as shown in graphic:

UPDATE 16 August 2011: The main 4.4GB PDF about the RAN FAA A4G Skyhawk along with all fixed wing and helicopters - plus info about other users of the Skyhawk, with supporting information about 'how to deck land', LSO and FCLP stuff has been updated - file date is 16 August 2011. Please scroll down the page for the download URL. This update was made with Acrobat Professional Extended 9.4.5 which could not be used (until recently) on the large PDF. Some pages have been re-arranged, putting most 'how to deck land' information at front of PDF, with extra pages added in this update. Also the latest info about the RN FAA situation is included. Adobe Reader 9.4.5 must be used to view this PDF. NEW Adobe Reader X (10) updated to version 10.1 is OK if using Windows 7.

UPDATE 24th March 2011: New 1.5GB PDF (extracted from the main 4.4GB PDF) about ‘How to Deck Land’ with reference not only to the A4G Skyhawk but to other USN and RN aircraft of that era. In the mid-1960s groups of new RAN FAA pilots were trained in the USofA, instead of with the RAAF in Australia (basic flight training to Wings standard). This meant that these USN trained pilots became carrier qualified in the T-28C Trojan, so this aircraft is included also. More info about FCLP and ‘carrier deck’ at OLF/NOLF airfields is included as well as other NAVY aircraft. Please see the main 4.4GB PDF for supporting information which has been extracted from a recent 24 March 2011 version of the 4.4GB PDF.

Please use a download manager or 'right mouse click' on the download URL below to "Save target as" to your computer. As indicated further down the page all these PDFs must be viewed on 'Windows XP SP2 or above computers' [Windows 7 is best] using the latest Adobe Reader 9.4.5 or better (when available). MAC users will have varying results with these PDFs I'm told (but I don't have a MAC because they are ...).

_HowDeckLand24mar2011pp1711.pdf   [1.5GB]

NEW - 14 Sept 2010: 1.1GB PDF - RNZAF (Royal New Zealand Air Force) A-4K - Kahu Skyhawk pages excerpted from the main 4.4GB PDF with added videos bonus and pages from NAS Nowra for colour and movement about No.2 Squadron RNZAF time there for one decade. The emphasis is on the A4Gs (in RNZAF guise) which became A-4K (Kahus eventually) while the overall history of RNZAF Skyhawks is covered, it is only basic. Please use download techniques outlined further down this page. Only new material in these pages are the extra video clips which could not be used (individual file sizes too large) in the main 4.4GB PDF.

RNZAF_A4K_from_A4G-FAA_Scrapbook_14sep10_1433pp+Videos.pdf   [1.1GB]

NEW: Older computers with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (or better) using Adobe Reader 9.4.5 as a minimum requirement to view the 4.4GB PDF may have difficulty due to this large file size, if the older computer capacity is insufficient. To help alleviate this issue a SIX PART version of a recent version 15th September 2010 of this 4.4GB PDF is available for download. Please scroll down for the latest entire 4.4GB PDF dated 01 February 2011.

Last but not least, please use the download method described on this page. In brief: use a download manager or 'right mouse click on the download URL' to then "Save Target As" the file to your computer. Please do not let Adobe Reader download these files (this will happen if you left mouse click on the URLs). YMMV.

Part_1_of_6_A4G-FAA_Scrapbook_15sep10.pdf [1GB]

[First part of the PDF about the A-4G Skyhawk with info on NAS Nowra and 'how to deck land' various USN aircraft including the A4G with videos and NATOPS advice. Other URL/File Names are self-explanatory. If these six parts are reassembled then the viewer will have the entire 15th September 2010 edition of the 4.4GB PDF.]

[All the individual A4G (20) Skyhawk aircraft histories and other interesting stuff.]

[All other RAN FAA Fixed Wing aircraft + esoteric Target stuff & LHD info.]

[All the RNZAF A-4K Skyhawk material including the NAS Nowra bits. This PDF is necessarily not as comprehensive as the recent special RNZAF PDF noted above (with extra video bits).]

Part_5_of_6_A4G-FAA_Scrapbook_15sep10.pdf   [600Mb]

[All the Other A-4 Skyhawk material USN, USMC, Brazil, Argentina & others including civilian WarBirds info and videos.]

Part_6_of_6_A4G-FAA_Scrapbook_15sep10.pdf   [530Mb]

[All the RAN FAA Helicopter material with up to date information about Helo Events today. The 'End Papers' are also in this last section (esoteric information about the Skyhawk).]

NOTE: Older versions, or same versions of files available here, will also be available for downloat at: http://www.adf-history.com/ specifically at: http://www.adf-history.com/adf/?page_id=6 where the 4.4GB PDF is in three parts for perhaps easier download. Other variations of PDFs about the Skyhawk are at this website also. Older, smaller under 1GB versions of these PDF and video files may be found at: http://www.filefront.com/user/SpazSinbad