Saturday, August 06, 2011

Gratuitous plane porn

Not sure where I took this. I just found it on an old memory stick.


McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom jet. I SO need one.

16 comments:

  1. I love those old F-4s ... I guess my age is showing.

    ReplyDelete
  2. One of my all time favorite airplanes. Dad was based where a whole bunch were at one time. Still remember the sight and sound as a kid.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Them and the Thuds (F105). . . proof that even a brick will fly if you give it enough thrust.

    But every single Phantom driver I ever run across during my AF days seemed to like the old bird quite a bit.

    The ones that transitioned out of the Phantom and into the Eagles and Falcons, however, never looked back.

    --AOA

    ReplyDelete
  4. Never mind any of those Phantom jets!

    I don't want a Phantom jet, I want a Real one!

    ReplyDelete
  5. That is a VX-4 bird from Pacific Missle Test Center Pt. Magu...

    ReplyDelete
  6. missile .... one of these damn days I will learn to spell em, not just shoot em...

    ReplyDelete
  7. I'm in for 20 bucks if you promise me an ordinance run on Code Pink HQ.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I'll take one with a gun if you don't mind. Navy never did get it right!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Anonymous4:10 PM

    I would like to own a Big Ugly Fat Fellow aka a B-52

    ReplyDelete
  10. I think they said of the F4 that it proved that given enough power even a brick could fly.

    ReplyDelete
  11. True Ed, but at least we DID get a centerline pod that worked... :-)

    ReplyDelete
  12. Could I borrow that for deer season in November?

    Dann in Ohio

    ReplyDelete
  13. Old NFO, the USAF got C/L pods that worked. Bob Titus got one of his three MiG kills with a SUU-16. And Dee Simmonds got two with a SUU-23. I spent four years flogging an F-4C out of Torrejon and averaged around 80% strafe scores with a SUU-23. And I could regularly shoot 85-90% with a SUU-11 mini on an AT-38.

    The issue isn't about getting a pod to shoot, it is about drag and a centerline that can be more productively used for 600 gallons of fuel or six Mk-82s.

    An old rule but a good one: A "Fighter" has one engine, one seat and a gun. There are few exceptions.

    ReplyDelete
  14. I remember Ed, and I know how frustrated both our guys and the Marines were over the lack of guns. Hell, they didn't want to give up the F-8! By the way, your book on Robin Olds is STILL a best seller in the Exchanges world-wide! I've seen it from Italy to Japan to Bahrain!!!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Phantom airframe 155563 is currently housed at Valiant Air Command Air Museum, Space Center Executive Airport, Titusville, Florida, United States

    Here's a link: 155563

    ReplyDelete
  16. @ASM: OK, I didn't recognize it because Valiant is doing a massive restoration on that one. I was out there two years ago last and it was in the paint shop getting all prettied up. Thanks for that. I LUV Valiant Air Command--their collection rocks and their restore standards are phenomenal.

    Plus you can touch 'em.

    ReplyDelete