context: As a carrier-based attack aircraft, the A-4 replaced the piston A-1 Skyrader. It was easy to operate and maintain, had good maneuverability and could carry a wide range of weapons (including nuclear weapons). Skyhawk was respected by the pilots and received several nicknames, the most famous of which were Heinemann’s Hot-Rod Hot Rod. The first years of service of the A-4 were fairly calm. Squadrons armed with these attack aircraft took part in the campaigns of aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, covered the landing of the Marine Corps in Lebanon (1958), flew over the war zone during the landing of Cuban emigrants in the Gulf of Pigs (1961) and participated in the Caribbean crisis (1962), however, in these cases, the real use of attack aircraft did not come.
question: What nickname did the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk get among the pilots?
answers.text: h were Heinemann