May I respectfully add my two 'pennorth to this engrossing f4 / Walt / bull**** debate?
I dunno about contemporary aircraft, but back in the day the f4 was nothing but an over-engineered techno truck which - when pilot skill levels were evened out - fared very badly against its more 'agricultural' contemporaries flown from this fair land. Why you view it with misty-eyed reverence I shall never understand. Mass myopia perhaps?
Now, what's your Walt / bull**** meter reading on the above?