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Offline Sundowner

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« on: August 18, 2006, 05:11:52 AM »
One of my fondest memories is my ride in an F-4E while at Seymore Johnson AFB. I found this video and all the cool memories of the "smokin rhino" came back in a rush.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXCYqtMfm-8

Its got a hot soundtrack...smokin!

Here's some picks at Maple Flag '85 Coldlake, Canada the day I finally strapped on "the beast".

Sorry for the low quality.



This last one is our wingman transitioning over our canopy as seen from the backseat. (Note the tailpipe cone programed toward closed in mil power)

The old phantom was an awesome bird in it's day.
Enjoy the video.

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Offline Reschke

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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2006, 06:31:32 AM »
It still is one of my favorites regardless of whatever else the USAF, Navy and Marines fly.  Right up there with the Tomcat.
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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2006, 06:31:55 AM »
Did you do any aerobatics?
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« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2006, 07:24:29 AM »
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Originally posted by Reschke
It still is one of my favorites regardless of whatever else the USAF, Navy and Marines fly.  Right up there with the Tomcat.


Its more beautiful the Tomcat. But not as beautiful as the Crusader.

PHANTOMS PHOREVER!

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« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2006, 09:18:49 AM »
one of my favorites too. the first plane model i ever did was a dark blue phantom. :aok
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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2006, 10:07:17 AM »
I heard that F4 backseaters had to have the strongest stomachs in the business. So what was it like? C'mon admit it!

The Phantom was always one of my favourites and one of my favourite memories of one was seeing an RF4 flying so low at an airshow that the commentators felt the heat from it afterburners!:lol

If the RAF had deigned to entertain my application to fly for them. I would have opted to fly the F4 or the EE lightning. Both classic cold warriors.
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« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2006, 10:24:43 AM »
I miss seeing these birds at air shows.  There's nothing like a formation of Phantoms doing a low, high speed pass.
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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2006, 12:02:53 PM »
I know I have said it here many times but growing up in Central Alabama we always had the F4 Phantoms from all over the Southeast flying over the hills and valleys where I lived.  Where I grew up was out of the way and as I got older I learned from my Dad (active duty military) that the geography of where we lived was similar to a part of Germany where it was believed that the Soviets would try to push through.  We had Phantoms, F-16's, all types of helicopters from UH-1 to the Chinook and all other stuff flying around there.  To me jet noise and aircraft noise was a great thing to hear.  I even watched a Phantom pancake on a hilltop when it was doing a training run and sheared the wingtips off by flying to low cresting a hill and running through a bunch of pine trees.
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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2006, 12:14:56 PM »
I've seen an F4 flying over DMAFB a couple times in the last couple weeks. I have to assume it's being refurbed for use as a drone. That's one of the functions of the base here. They can pull onje of the birds from storage, refurb for flight then check out the remote control operation before releasing it for drone duty. Still a great bird.
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« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2006, 01:59:47 PM »
"I miss seeing these birds at air shows. "

I saw a German F4 in an airshow here in Finland in 2001. It was a dream come true to see my old favorite flying and taxi so very close. The pilot was cool as he suddenly gave the throttles a push while taxiin past us. Incredible sound!

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« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2006, 08:27:29 PM »
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I've seen an F4 flying over DMAFB a couple times in the last couple weeks. I have to assume it's being refurbed for use as a drone. That's one of the functions of the base here. They can pull onje of the birds from storage, refurb for flight then check out the remote control operation before releasing it for drone duty. Still a great bird.


Did it have an orange tail?
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« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2006, 09:35:25 PM »
Not yet. It was flying solo and just did a couple pattern passes.
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« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2006, 09:38:57 PM »
I have this one on my HD
http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/Sir%20Franzis%20Drake/514/
it pwns, high speed low passes, on the last one a couple of people throw themselves to the ground....
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« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2006, 10:34:37 PM »
small world.

I prolly tweaked 210's ECM gear at one time or another.

SJAFB '81-'83 ..spent '84 at K2, Korea (aka Taegu) on F-4E's ..'85 an haffa '86 at Castle AFB on b-52g's an h's.

Enlisted in '72, first 'real' base outta tech school was DM
..the tour of the bonyard was purty awesome
.. I had built models as a kid of most of the planes in there, bein up close an under a Hustler was the high point of the tour :)
..worked A-7d's there with a short stint on a drone droppin C-130, volunteered to go to Southeast asia
.. came thru for '75 (the year Saigon fell, an some other 'incidents')
..spent the year at Udorn-Thani RTAFB on F-4D's an a couple RF-4C's they had.
432nd TFW there ..first time I had seen F-4's
..an a lot of 'em had red stars on the vari-ramps
.. Steve Richie's F-4 had 5 red stars.
We had some crazy parties ..rumor was that one of our F-4 jocks had landed at Pnom-Phen airport, popped the canopy, and thrown a his glove out on the runway darin any of 'em to come up an fight (this was during the 'Mayaguez' incident). Yes .. I beleive it.. they were *that* crazy :)

Went to George AFB from '76 - '80 ..F-105g weasels, F-4E's, an later F-4g's.
Most of the guys flyin 'em had 100 mission route pac 6 patches. Some of the most boresighted people on the planet.
to Lucky, Olin, Zolondek and all the others ..it truly was my pleasure to keep the ECM gear up an runnin.. the time I spent in debreif was golden.

..an some of those 105's had red stars, too.

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« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2006, 11:15:48 PM »
After watching the video...  

Does F-4 really roll that slow?
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