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This weeks contribution...
(all images credit & copyright - Rob Schleiffert (flickr)
F-4G 69-0277/WW - 4485th TS, Det.5
FGR.2 XV419/AA - 19 Sqn
RF-4EJ 87-6406 - 501 Hikotai
And last, but by no means least, the very last F-4 ever built (by MHI in Japan) and delivered to the JASDF on 20th May 1981 (still in service with 301 Hikotai)...
F-4EJ Kai 17-8440 - 306 Hikotai
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(all images credit & copyright - Rob Schleiffert (flickr)
F-4G 69-0277/WW - 4485th TS, Det.5
FGR.2 XV419/AA - 19 Sqn
RF-4EJ 87-6406 - 501 Hikotai
And last, but by no means least, the very last F-4 ever built (by MHI in Japan) and delivered to the JASDF on 20th May 1981 (still in service with 301 Hikotai)...
F-4EJ Kai 17-8440 - 306 Hikotai
-RP
All these years later and it still looks menacing.
I reckon it's something about the combination of anhedral tailplane and the dihedral wingtips.
That and the knowledge of the power needed to accelerate something of that size and weight to Mach 2+.
All hail the mighty toom.
I reckon it's something about the combination of anhedral tailplane and the dihedral wingtips.
That and the knowledge of the power needed to accelerate something of that size and weight to Mach 2+.
All hail the mighty toom.
Actually, I have unresolved F-4 issues from my childhood.
Dad comes back to NZ from the UK.
From Harrods I gets the Dinky Toy Harrier with the switch on top that rotates the nozzles and retracts the centre gear at the same time, and the Dinky Toy Jag with the plastic canopy that springs open and ejects the dayglo orange pilot.
Well he got lost in a couple of days.
But my younger sister - my bleedin' sister gets the Dinky Toy grey USS Saratoga F-4 with the white plastic detachable Sarjent Fletchers!!!
Dead envious I were.
Never been the same since.
Not even the Dinky Toy Tonka with the swing wings, or the Sea King that had a battery powered rotor and could winch up the plastic Apollo 11 capsule it came with could make up for it.
There was something covetous about that Phantom... I'd nick it, but she always found it...
Dad comes back to NZ from the UK.
From Harrods I gets the Dinky Toy Harrier with the switch on top that rotates the nozzles and retracts the centre gear at the same time, and the Dinky Toy Jag with the plastic canopy that springs open and ejects the dayglo orange pilot.
Well he got lost in a couple of days.
But my younger sister - my bleedin' sister gets the Dinky Toy grey USS Saratoga F-4 with the white plastic detachable Sarjent Fletchers!!!
Dead envious I were.
Never been the same since.
Not even the Dinky Toy Tonka with the swing wings, or the Sea King that had a battery powered rotor and could winch up the plastic Apollo 11 capsule it came with could make up for it.
There was something covetous about that Phantom... I'd nick it, but she always found it...
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One of the nick names the Toom had over the years was "The Double Ugly". Never saw it myself, a lot is said about its brute power, but I've always thought it looked like an aircraft, certainly looks aerodynamic and pleasing to my eye anyway. I must dig the slides out, scanned and posted on here.
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Yes, I know it's not Friday yet ... but a couple of pics worth sharing I thought 
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892 NAS embarked on HMS Ark Royal, again probably early 70's
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153 of 767 NAS (OCU) early 70's I guess ... location unknown (anyone what to have a stab ? I'm not sure it's Yeovilton)
Sorry I can't readily tie-up Airframe Serial No's on these pics
Best ...
Coff.
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892 NAS embarked on HMS Ark Royal, again probably early 70's
Image Credit : Unknown
153 of 767 NAS (OCU) early 70's I guess ... location unknown (anyone what to have a stab ? I'm not sure it's Yeovilton)
Sorry I can't readily tie-up Airframe Serial No's on these pics
Best ...
Coff.
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Coff, 153 of 767 NAS is XT868. It was lost later in a horrible accident at Leuchars on the 12/5/78. The second link has a few personal accounts of the accident...
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=82623
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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=82623
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Just to help our good friend Tartare with a spot of long awaited therapy ...
Sorry USS Saratoga variant/decals... But might be of some help
Clearly the Sargent Fletchers have been lost ...
Coff.
PS. Some of these Dinky Models if ... "Mint In Box" ... go for +£200 or so
Sorry USS Saratoga variant/decals... But might be of some help
Clearly the Sargent Fletchers have been lost ...
Coff.
PS. Some of these Dinky Models if ... "Mint In Box" ... go for +£200 or so