[PICS] A Few More from the Kamm Files

[k5083]

Some new negatives received from the estate of the late Dick Kamm.

This tricked-out Swift, seen at Oceanside in 1966, went by the name of the "Palomar Thunderbird."



Waco RNF-1 N124Y at an unknown fly-in.



The rest of the photos are of Phantoms from the deck of the USS Forrestal in May 1967.

F-4G 150487 (this was the Navy F-4G, the ones built to test automated carrier landings, not the USAF Wild Weasel).



F-4G 150487 comes aboard, leaving its little smoke puffs.



F-4G 150492 landing.



F-4G 150492 flypast.



F-4J 153071. Preserved at the Naval Air Test and Evaluation Museum, Patuxent, MD.





F-4J 153078. Later became a Blue Angels aircraft.



F-4J 153079. Another future Blue Angel.



F-4J 153080. Yes, this one joined the Blues as well.



F-4J 153081. Yep, this one too.



August

[Obergrafeter]

Over the years I have heard of F-4s taking cat shots with the wings still folded. True? or old wives tale. Any pics or official douments or eyewitness?

[Nathan]

Dang it...the F-4 needs to be brought back into service!

[airnutz]

Over the years I have heard of F-4s taking cat shots with the wings still folded. True? or old wives tale. Any pics or official douments or eyewitness?

True, OberG. According to the Tailhook Assoc. guys, at least 5 instances!

A pic of one at the top of the Phabulous Phantom Phacs page of an AF bird flying so...
www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3227/f-4e.htm