Phirst Phlight Phantom
Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:53 pm
Trouble free FCF, the jet is Code 1 after two flights today. We couldv'e turned again if we needed to.
Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:08 pm
Great pictures! Can't wait to see it at TOM this year!
Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:24 pm
Congrats for getting the F4 flying again. How about buzzing over League City tomorrow so I can see/hear her.
Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:24 pm
Just curious, what's the GPH on an F-4?
Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:35 pm
me109me109 wrote:Just curious, what's the GPH on an F-4?
I don't even want to know!
Ryan
Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:46 pm
Jets don't compute fuel burn in gallons, it's in pounds.
its POUNDS and if you have to ask...
Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:00 pm
me109me109 wrote:Just curious, what's the GPH on an F-4?
you can't afford it!
Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:15 pm
Roughly 20 lbs per mile + reserve
Look at picture one a little closer, she's in burner, the fuel burn at that point figured in minutes !
Look at picture one a little closer, she's in burner, the fuel burn at that point figured in minutes !
Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:34 pm
Congrats on a job well done Rick and crew!
Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:10 am
Phantastic! Looking forward to see her at Thunder. The last time I saw a Phantom fly was sometime in the mid 90s, when a couple of Marine RF-4s (I think) visited our airshow.
SN
SN
Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:10 am
me109me109 wrote:Just curious, what's the GPH on an F-4?
As I remember it was something over 100,000 lb/hr in burner... a clean jet like this one would have a short sortie.... my shortest sortie in the F-4 was a .4... clean jet A/A mission.. straight to the area and coast home.... can't remember what the Mil FF was at corner... but we could get it down to 6000 lb/hr at cruise on the way home...
In airplanes like that you are always in a hurry... gotta use your fuel wisely... think well ahead of the jet.
gunny
Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:24 am
I remember watching a video of a pair of RAF phantoms scrambled to intercept a Tu-95 bear, they were in full afterburner and after they rotated (nose wheel off the runway) the 2 Phantoms remained in a nose up attitude but still on the mains had their burners blasting down onto the surface of the runway for 3 or 4 seconds . I can't remember if the runway was concrete or bitumen but the Phantom must be hell on runway surfaces in full burner !
Anyway , congrats , must have been a great day for the team !
Anyway , congrats , must have been a great day for the team !
Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:06 am
Rick, I have a silly question. How hard is it to repack that chute used during landing? Is it used during each landing? Or is it only used for shorter runways? It is something I have always wondered.
Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am
AWESOME 
Congratulations on getting the Rhino back in the air where she belongs!
Cheers!
Congratulations on getting the Rhino back in the air where she belongs!
Cheers!
Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:18 am
Chris, repacking the chute the AF way with the bag is a real pain. We carry a bagged chute on cross countrys in case the one in the tail blows out or gets wet.
We pack the installed chute the Navy/Marine way without the bag. It's really not to bad to repack directly into the jet. NO BROOM HANDLE REQUIRED !
The guys usually won't use the chute on a long runway, but yesterday we were checking all sysytems, so Harry popped the chute on both flights.
We pack the installed chute the Navy/Marine way without the bag. It's really not to bad to repack directly into the jet. NO BROOM HANDLE REQUIRED !
The guys usually won't use the chute on a long runway, but yesterday we were checking all sysytems, so Harry popped the chute on both flights.