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tdracer
27th Jan 2015, 21:57
Very nice writeup in the latest Smithsonian Air & Space magazine on the history of the F-4 Phantom.
History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Air & Space Magazine (http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/what-couldnt-f-4-phantom-do-180953944/?all)
Enjoy :ok:
superq7
27th Jan 2015, 22:18
Thanks td, excellent read.
Buster Hyman
27th Jan 2015, 23:50
Fascinating. I'd love to see the images of the Titan launch.
Courtney Mil
28th Jan 2015, 11:21
Thank you, to. Really enjoyed the article.
54Phan
28th Jan 2015, 14:12
Very good article, nice photo gallery too! Thanks for the heads up!
Thanks for that!! I really enjoyed the article.
tdracer
28th Jan 2015, 22:28
I'd love to see the images of the Titan launch. When I was reading that, I kept thinking how, ah, interesting :O it could become if there was a catastrophic failure of the Titan. Now I know that the Titan II missiles were quite reliable, and due to the nature of their fuel, a Titan "CATO" (rocketeer slang for "blow up" :E) is not as dramatic as those for O2/Kerosene and O2/H2 powered rockets, they can still pretty dramatic :eek:.
I suspect they would be more reluctant to try that maneuver on an Atlas I launch (roughly a third of all Atlas I launches CATO'ed :=)
Buster Hyman
28th Jan 2015, 23:51
We know them to be reliable now, but I imagine it was a relatively unknown quantity back then. Basically, it was a ballsy bit of flying in anyone's book!
Biggus
29th Jan 2015, 07:18
Nice article, it was the RAF aircraft of my childhood days, and I read this book avidly:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/F-4-Phantom-A-Pilots-Story/dp/0552116157
.... but don't worry anyone, some Mig 21 driver will be along shortly to say how rubbish the Phantom was!! ;)
dat581
29th Jan 2015, 09:35
Designed less than 15 years after the end of the war with for the time unbelievable performance. What a jet.