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I went to platinumfighters.com. Lots of pictures of said jet. Only 461 hours on it.


1 posted on 03/23/2018 12:04:36 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell

I worked on these in the AF. They were really cool A/V in their time.


2 posted on 03/23/2018 12:07:57 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: BBell

Just as soon as I win the $421 million Mega Millions tonight, my bid’s going in.

Worked on Navy/Marine versions at MCAS Beaufort, SC. but B, C, and D models. Probably would put a later model J-79 in it since I’d have money to spare. The early ones were a little flakey.


3 posted on 03/23/2018 12:16:20 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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Great. So it can rust in my backyard.


4 posted on 03/23/2018 12:20:45 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: BBell

I’m a cheapskate. Back in 1986 I bought a M-1A rifle to compensate me for the M-14 I shot Expert with in Officers’ Basic in 1968.


5 posted on 03/23/2018 12:21:23 PM PDT by libstripper
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Since Trump stooped the war on coal an F-4 could be a fun toy. Fuel is cheap and abundant.


6 posted on 03/23/2018 12:22:41 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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“The McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom. Proof that with a big enough engine, even a brick will fly.”


9 posted on 03/23/2018 12:31:18 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
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To: BBell

while maintaining eye contact with your buddies for far too long?

Haha!


11 posted on 03/23/2018 12:37:02 PM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx
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You Can Now Buy Your Very Own F-4 Phantom Fighter Jet for a Total Steal, complete with a set of earplugs

there fixed it


13 posted on 03/23/2018 12:41:14 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 ((((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))))
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Way Cool and about time there were more F-4’s on the market

But I still want an F-4C

Unfortunately it’ll cost about my retirement to go into full A/B and get it out to Mach 2


15 posted on 03/23/2018 12:57:37 PM PDT by Regulator
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Phantom II Bu.145310 — a pre-production variant and the 11th one produced before the plane was ultimately re-designated the F-4 in September 1962 — is on sale for $3.95 million..


“What do I have to do to get you into an F-4 today?”


17 posted on 03/23/2018 1:03:02 PM PDT by Flick Lives
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hopping on your hog and cruising to the beach

No self respecting fighter pilot would ride a "hog", anymore than they would drive a low-rider.

20 posted on 03/23/2018 1:09:02 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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Great! It’s time to trade in my Delta Dart.


23 posted on 03/23/2018 1:28:56 PM PDT by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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I’d buy one for my wife, but, she would probably just sleep in the intakes.

(backstory: when she was in the Air Force in the 80s, she was in NDI. They planes couldn’t fly until she signed off on them. She would check the plane, then, crawl into the intake and take a nap, until the pilot came back from lunch.)


25 posted on 03/23/2018 1:43:54 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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I knew the guy years ago that bought this plane out of a scrap yard in PA.Lot of work and money went into this thing.Later engines would be a real good idea.


29 posted on 03/23/2018 2:13:41 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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Only flown by a little old major on his Sunday church runs


34 posted on 03/23/2018 2:42:56 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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How much runway does it need?


35 posted on 03/23/2018 2:44:58 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World but I ain't mad.)
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To: BBell

Meanest looking fighter ever!


36 posted on 03/23/2018 3:10:25 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: BBell

Coolest plane ever. Love those droopy tail fins.


53 posted on 03/24/2018 12:32:20 PM PDT by Yardstick
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