Warbird Information Exchange

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Don't touch my junk!!

....too bad thats not a NAVY plane though!

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EVERYTHING that CAN fly should be ALLOWED to FLY!
IWO JIMA'S best narative..."GOD ISN'T HERE"
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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

I really love that plane.

B

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documenting restored B-17s and those undergoing restoration to flight:

Remember the Air Force borrowed the Phantom from the Navy.
Chuck

Ahhhh yes, proof that cement blocks do in fact, fly.
The F4 is a very, very cool aircraft. A flight of two departed the airfield that I worked at, requested an unrestricted climb to 12,000. it got approved, that these guys virtually went vertical and blew up and off, two hundred feet of asphalt. Awesome!

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Kind Regards,
Gary Lewis
J.A.F.O.

There are very, very few jets that impress me..........the F4 takes first prize in my book!!!!! It even LOOKS mean and you KNOW it can do some serious damage!!!

Not sure where I read this but I love this quote [paraphrased]:

"The F-4 looks like it was built out of angle iron over a long weekend".

That is good...angle iron over a long weekend....
I recall the summer of 67 my Grandfather and I were traveling to California from florida, and we went by Bang Bang Maxwell AFB and I saw all of these F-4s in taxi headed to the active runway, the heat rising from them, the canopies up and the white helmets like little white dots under them....It was awesome, and I didn't have a camera, but I can still see that sight.

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Kind Regards,
Gary Lewis
J.A.F.O.

My Phavorite Phantom Phrase is "World's Leading Distributor of MiG Parts"



Too right!! So here ya go:

The Navy companion photo to Jack's "Rolling In"


And the "Money Shot"...



Shay
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Semper Fortis

Wasn't the Phantom II originally designated as the F-110 ?---Wouldn't that be USAF parlance before the USN came along? (Who's on first?)
VL

The F-4 was originally the F4H as it was originally a Navy aircraft. I believe the USAF was to designate it the F-110, but before they could the Unification took place and the aircraft became the F-4.

F4 Forever more.
Ya know, the F4 really does have some beautiful lines doesn't she

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Kind Regards,
Gary Lewis
J.A.F.O.

Just remember, it couldn't happen without the FAC!

While at UPT many mango seasons ago, we had a weather day & were all grounded (such was life at Columbus) for the day. After the typical ground training stuff, the flight commander, an F15 guy fresh off a tour with the 33rd & Desert Storm asked us what we would want to fly if we could fly anything. As it went around the room, there were several F15, F16 answers, the odd A10 answer (my favorite current mud mover) until it got to me. I boldly stated I'd like to fly the F4.

My flt cmdr was dumbstruck, an F15 guy just couldn't understand that thinking, so I got asked the obvious follow-up question - why?

I knew my flt cmdr was a car guy, so I used a car analogy. I said, it's like comparing a '92 Corvette ZR1 (top of the line hi-po American car at the time) & a '67 Vette with a 427, tri-power, & 4-spd. There's no real question which one is the better car if you define better simply by performance - the ZR1 will out run, out handle, & out class the older model. But I'd take the '67 Vette any day of the week & twice on Sundays because it just looks mean. It's going to give the ZR1 a run for its money & it's going to do it with raw, brute power. The F4 is the same thing - it just looks mean & it does everything reasonably well with raw, brute power.

My flt cmdr just smiled.

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Daddy always said, "If yer gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough" and I'm one tough sonofagun!

never did like the phantom. But having seen some clips of it dropping ordinance over Vietnam, I changed my mind. It was really a beautiful aircraft.

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."