Ahh..where would we be without dremel tools. I also did mine and just about everything else with a dremel.
Jim,
If I was in a jet equipped with an ejection seat I would have punched out way before trying to put it on a runway while on fire. Pretty ballsy. I had my radio stack catch on fire at night in IMC about 2 months ago and that was about as much as I can take.
I wish I could have flown a real A-4 but in 1971 I still had 7yrs to go before I was even born.

I'm just a low time flight instructor/pt 135 cargo pilot at a school here in Idaho.