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Is it just me or did the RN Phantoms have an extra long nose gear ?
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Yes, the nose gear leg on the F-4K extended to allow it to operate from the smaller British carriers. Its radome also folded to one side to allow the Phantom to fit on the lift. One of the ex RN Phantoms was lost when the nose hinge failed on final approach while it was serving with the R.A.F. The crew survived.
Plus no battery, no HF, hydraulic wing-fold, no INAS, the catapult attachment points and a different means of controlling 12th stage bleed air. The change to the radome wasn't the fact that they hinge, it was the fact that the AWG11 radar antenna folded back as well to allow the FG1 to fit on the lift; the FGR2 AWG12 antenna did not do that. Fast reheat was a function of the 203 Speys in the K model vs the 202 in the M.
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I bet that was an impressive sight and sound 
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Do we have anyone here who took part ?
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Do we have anyone here who took part ?
Last edited by CoffmanStarter; 12th Jun 2015 at 07:22.
Re the pic of the FAA Phantom flying over a 'summery' Scotland, can anyone give the purpose of the square (ish) black markings along the aircraft's spine?
Also non-slip.