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Busta-so evocative :D
CharlieJuliet, :ok: now that's a Sqdn foto: jets oh so slightly askew, crews [both flavours] giving it the old "it's a down day get on with it the bars open": the old kind of "so what ? give it your best shot" RAF Squadron attitude that went so sadly awry with the pc jobsworth RAF... |
Just managed to sneak these in before midnight!
35th TFW F-4E https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...-thumbnail.jpg 480th TFS / 52nd TFW F-4E https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...W_Nov1984.jpeg 81st TFS / 52nd TFW F-4E https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...E-81st-tfs.jpg ROKAF F-4E's https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...1490334%29.jpg VF-301 F-4S's in the 'FERRIS' experimental Camo https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._II_VF-301.jpg -RP |
Well, I finally remembered to prepare my post in anticipation of Phantom Friday.
An F4H-1F 145310, the eleventh pre-production F4, at the Wings and Rotors Museum at the French Valley Airport, in Murrietta, California, being (slowly) restored to airworthy status: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psb1xsryej.jpg In March, I went to French Valley Airport on business, but while I was there, I phoned the museum number and was let in to have a look around. I'm glad I did, because after viewing the static exhibits (a Huey and a Choctaw), I was invited to have a look around the maintenance hangar and there, tucked in behind a Huey and two Kiowas, was the F-4. This was the first time I had seen an F-4 up close. I was particularly interested to see the BLC ductwork and the air distribution slots in the wing. The noise of F-4s in the circuit has always impressed me, particularly that distinctive noise when the BLC was turned on. The first time I saw F-4s was during a UAS summer camp in 1967 at Binbrook, when four USAF F-4s from Bitburg visited 5 (AC) and their F6s. For their arrival, they did a gear-down, flaps-down formation flypast. Very smoky, very noisy, very impressive! :D The last time I saw one was when I was living in Houston in 2001 and an ANG F-4 did a low-and-slow display over a Fourth of July parade. More information about this restoration and the museum here: The fight to bring to Phantom back to flight | The Tactical Air Network http://wingsandrotors.org/phantom-f4/ http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psllhpl2jf.jpg http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pspcxn5zah.jpg It's taking a long time, but perhaps one day, we'll see an F-4 in the air with EXPERIMENTAL on the side. :ok: |
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Waddo with HAS? Check Six! :cool:
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Those aren't hardened aircraft shelters, they are the nuclear SSA the other side of the A15 AT Waddington...
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P6Driver #268,
Truly great "toom" shots, The burnt turkey was always an attractive colour scheme. Thanks for sharing them. Smudge :ok: |
P6, quality pic. :ok:
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A selection from the JASDF's, Hiko Kaihatsu Jikken Dan
(credit & copyright to the original photographers) F-4EJ 17-8301 http://appdc.orz.hm/up/download/1417084817.jpg F-4EJ 17-8301 http://appdc.orz.hm/up/download/1417084748.jpg F-4EJ 17-8301 http://appdc.orz.hm/up/download/1416741363.jpg F-4EJ Kai 07-8431 http://appdc.orz.hm/up/download/1423140778.jpg F-4EJ 07-8429 http://appdc.orz.hm/up/download/1426165439.jpg F-4EJ 77-8393 http://appdc.orz.hm/up/download/1429600824.jpg -RP |
Rhino,
Stunning shots, simply stunning. I'm awaiting delivery of Phantom Boys, I hope it lives up to the enthusiasm displayed by former operators . What a cracking aircraft though !! Smudge :ok: (a mere ground crew remf) |
Thanks, Smudge, I just wish i'd actually taken the photos myself! :)
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RP - Well, at least you live in gods second best county, who cares who snapped them, the detail is great, and you posted them.
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Originally Posted by smujsmith
at least you live in gods second best county
-RP ;) |
I’m a little late so this is a post about only a part of the Phantom: ;)
LiveLeak.com - Whatever Happened to all Those USAF Fuel Tanks Jettisoned over Vietnam? |
Rhino Power,
Second best only to Staffordshire (where I'm from). My wife is born and bred Leiscestershire, and proud of it too. Keep posting those great shots of a truly great aircraft. I'm looking forward to my ore ordered copy of Phantom Boys, due in the next few weeks. Smudge :ok: |
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E with its tanker hose scuff-mark......
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Belts and braces, seemed to work most of the time.
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...s9/PD_0021.jpg |
Looks like Stanley.
Much better to stop and then land, than land and then stop!! |
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