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To: Sensei Ern
OH! The F-4. It was one of my childhood favorites. I think it's a nice looking aircraft. It gets a very bad rap. However, it laid down a slick of black smoke that a blind man could see. Gotta love those sixties era powerplants. Later variants were fitted with the smokeless General Electric J79-GE-10B. Much better.

Here's my favorite, a 'G' model:


In my humble opinion... THIS is the aircraft that should STILL be flying 'Iron Hand' for our military.

98 posted on 01/13/2006 10:02:19 AM PST by ericthecurdog (The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.)
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To: ericthecurdog

As a pilot friend once told me. The F-4 was proof that with enough power, you can make a brick fly.


108 posted on 01/13/2006 11:05:48 AM PST by Sensei Ern (Now, IB4Z! http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy/ "Cowards cut and run. Heroes never do!")
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