To: robowombat
Yep - many remember the F-4 as ‘the best and baddest” because of the engine sound and smoke but it wasn’t a prime machine.
4 posted on
04/22/2019 4:42:31 AM PDT by
trebb
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To: trebb
I seem to recall a F4 pilot shot down during Vietnam said that with the engines out it had the flying characteristics of a brick.
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6 posted on
04/22/2019 4:45:34 AM PDT by
Celtic Conservative
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To: trebb
Yep - many remember the F-4 as ‘the best and baddest” because of the engine sound and smoke but it wasn’t a prime machine. A Phantom loaded with "Snakeyes" and a full load of 20mm was a beautiful sight when one was engaged in fisticuffs with an NVA battalion.
To: trebb
Back when the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels both used the F-4, I was sitting on my parents car hood at the end of the active runway during a Thunderbirds show. The single “fill-in” plane came screaming in from behind me at less than 500 ft AGL and blew me off the hood. Good day for a kid.
14 posted on
04/22/2019 5:07:17 AM PDT by
Pecos
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To: trebb
Yep - many remember the F-4 as ‘the best and baddest” because of the engine sound and smoke but it wasn’t a prime machine.The McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom...proof that with a big enough engine, even a brick will fly.
23 posted on
04/22/2019 5:41:35 AM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
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