Hmm, Minot is in ND, USA so CAA not an issue...
but its still a "complex" bird. . . there is one civy phantom though:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircra...Air/index.html
more info here:
http://collingsfoundation.org/tx_f-4dphantom.htm
They got their's from a bone yard and spent "thousands of hours" in restoration, new 0 hour engines, full avionics and hydraulics rebuild etc etc and then had to get ocngress to say OK too...
Cheeper/easier to buy a MIG... or a number of tickets to Capetown!
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