Just for a day, the Museum of Flight’s “Skyhawk” will morph into “Seahawk.”
It’s the Tukwila museum’s way of celebrating what it calls the “extraordinary events” that will happen on Feb. 1 – Super Bowl Sunday – in Glendale, Ariz.
But the renaming on the museum’s iconic fighter jet aircraft – Douglas A-4F “Skyhawk” – is for Sunday only.
“We wouldn’t normally engage in such activities but, given the circumstances, we have decided to change the popular name for our Douglas A-4F “Skyhawk” – resplendent, incidentally, in deep blue Blue Angels colors – to Douglas A-4F “Seahawk” for the entire day of the forthcoming Super Bowl. We are also considering assigning a temporary line number of “12” the aircraft as well,” said Museum of Flight Curator Dan Hagedorn.
The world-renowned aviation historian included his insights about this notorious fighter/bomber jet: “As many who have crewed on the aircraft can attest, it was a real fast-mover and a genuine boomer,” he said.
The Museum of Flight is located at 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Tukwila, Exit 158 off Interstate 5 on Boeing Field. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
