RN Phantoms - extended nose gear

[John Eacott]

I managed to get a few photos of the F4K, having done a couple of tours on Ark. These were from 1974 and show the sequence off the waist cat:








Re the extended NLG, I also recall that it was a fairly serious issue if the extended NLG failed to retract. Apart from being unable to retract there were issues (IIRC) that prohibited a landing, this photo was a low pass to visually inspect the NLG due to spurious cockpit indications;



The US F4 (a USMC version) shows their NLG, which obviously wasn't too much of an issue off our cats as we cross decked a lot. Which makes me wonder if the explanation by C16 is the full SP?



And a USN F4:



An F4K for comparison from the same angle