One F*cked Up F-4 Phantom

[K5DH]

Taxied into by another aircraft?

No, wait. . .

Was she strapped incorrectly to the hangar deck elevator and got her nose whacked off?

Dean

[Nathan]

The plane wasn't square on the elevator and when they raised it to flight deck the nose hit?

[Jack Cook]

Nathan you're piggy back'in Dean no cheating
You're close but not there

[Nathan]

Nathan you're piggy back'in Dean no cheating
You're close but not there

we posted at the same time. So I was not cheating!

Ok we are close? Then reverse it. Going from flight deck to hanger deck?

[Jerry O'Neill]

Did someone try to tow it under a helio's rotors, or was it unchocked on the elevator when the boat heaved and the elevator was going up?

[Chris Brame]

Taxied into open elevator?

[Louis Emond]

Hanguar Queen ? A.K.A. Rob bird.

[lestweforget]

Pilot left the handbrake off!!

[Fouga23]

Pilot trying to mimic the closing scene of Hotshots?

[astixjr]

Somebody closed the elevator door on it's nose?

[Holedigger]

First Lady Carter christened it with a bottle of champagne, it took one hundred and forty seven whacks before the bottle finally broke!

[Holedigger]

Actually, I am thinking the hangar deck quick closing blast doors, not supposed to park on the red lines!!!

[Jack Cook]

Hanguar Queen ?

I wouldn't advise doing that to the CAG's airplane at anytime!

[the330thbg]

GW tried a 'Mission Accomplished' landing by himself. Missed the first cable, slammed into the net., that wripped out and she slid into a Hawkeye queing up for launch then bounced off of that and slid onto an elevator which was on its way up.., and got its nose pinched off which fell onto a bunch of marines drinking warm beer.., the gunny fell off his 50 gal fuel barrel and bruised his 'drinking' elbow and they were all so p-o'd they began to throw their empties and some full ones at the aircraft.., hence all the damage to around the nose.

[Fouga23]

CAG wanted a really big yellow aviation themed punching bag?