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To: 98ZJ USMC; GeronL

The “Screech” was designed to take advantage of new supersonic propeller technology and theoretically would have had better acceleration and range than its F-84 platform with a turbojet. What wasn’t anticipated were the intense harmonics of that prop and thunderous noise. Made everyone violently ill in a wide radius, including the pilot! Not a great idea.

The dimwit who wrote up that list wanted to include the F-4 Phantom? What an idiot! Like many others, I owe my existence to some well-delivered close air from a Marine Phantom. It took brass balls the size of regulation bowling balls to fly that thing in combat - but so what? We had those guys in spades.


46 posted on 01/11/2014 10:17:33 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail

As a civilian, I think the F-4 Phantom II looks really cool.


47 posted on 01/11/2014 10:19:09 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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