Air & Space Magazine F-4 Phantom
Very nice writeup in the latest Smithsonian Air & Space magazine on the history of the F-4 Phantom.
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Thanks td, excellent read.
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Fascinating. I'd love to see the images of the Titan launch.
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Thank you, to. Really enjoyed the article.
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Very good article, nice photo gallery too! Thanks for the heads up!
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Thanks for that!! I really enjoyed the article.
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I'd love to see the images of the Titan launch. I suspect they would be more reluctant to try that maneuver on an Atlas I launch (roughly a third of all Atlas I launches CATO'ed :=) |
We know them to be reliable now, but I imagine it was a relatively unknown quantity back then. Basically, it was a ballsy bit of flying in anyone's book!
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Nice article, it was the RAF aircraft of my childhood days, and I read this book avidly:
.... but don't worry anyone, some Mig 21 driver will be along shortly to say how rubbish the Phantom was!! ;) |
Designed less than 15 years after the end of the war with for the time unbelievable performance. What a jet.
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