Aviation Content . . . F4 phantom performance test story

[Bigbore500r]

This was a cool read.

This pilot partied hard for 10 minutes straight, passed out and woke up inverted.

Full afterburner from take-off, to pass-out, to wake up time......All in the name of "just because i can"

Former F-4 Phantom Driver tells the story of an Exhilarating Mach 2 Test Flight - The Aviation Geek Club

‘We are supersonic and still accelerating. I watch the Mach meter unwind; I want to see a number starting with a 2,’ Ed Cobleigh, former F-4 Pilot.

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[bilz]

Bad Ass... Thanks!

 

[mjc]

My favorite plane of all time

 

[4Waters]

One of my teachers in middle school flew an F4 in Vietnam and was shot down, he said they glide about as good as a brick. LOL. He was a really fun teacher.

 

[mothershipper]

One of my teachers in middle school flew an F4 in Vietnam and was shot down, he said they glide about as good as a brick. LOL. He was a really fun teacher.

Yes your middle school teacher is correct. Another analogy that was relayed to me many years ago that with no thrust the F4 Phantom had the glide slope of a set of car keys.....

 

[RiverDave]

It was a tie between the F4 or the A10 when I was growing up as to which was my favorite. LOL.

Loved those planes.

RD

 

[pronstar]

It was a tie between the F4 or the A10 when I was growing up as to which was my favorite. LOL.

Loved those planes.

RD

My list was the same, plus the A7 Corsair II

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[yz450mm]

It was a tie between the F4 or the A10 when I was growing up as to which was my favorite. LOL.

Loved those planes.

RD

We had our Fire Explorer academies at George Air Force Base in the mid to late 90's, right after it was closed in 93. We slept in the barracks, ate at the chow hall, had ceremonies in the theatre, took group pictures on the tarmac, and did training in the housing units. Since GAFB was home to F4 Phantom squadrons, there were still a lot of references to the F4, including a decommissioned plane on static display. I think I remember the bowling alley being named "Phantom Lanes"...

F4's had the power, A10's have the gun, but nothing will ever be as sexy as an F14 Tomcat, especially when you see one in person.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

My list was the same, plus the A7 Corsair II

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I'd take the A-7s older brother, the F-8 Crusader, "last of the gunfighters".

The F-4s were just pure muscle though, definitely a plane of its time.

 

[JB in so cal]

Read somewhere every angle and degree of sweep and deflection of the surfaces was to correct a flaw of some kind of another lol

 

[4Waters]

We had our Fire Explorer academies at George Air Force Base in the mid to late 90's, right after it was closed in 93. We slept in the barracks, ate at the chow hall, had ceremonies in the theatre, took group pictures on the tarmac, and did training in the housing units. Since GAFB was home to F4 Phantom squadrons, there were still a lot of references to the F4, including a decommissioned plane on static display. I think I remember the bowling alley being named "Phantom Lanes"...

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F14's are my all time favorite, they are dead sexy. Due to the size of the plane as technology improved and became more compact they were able to lock onto something like 6 targets at once towards the end of it's career.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Pardo's Push: how an F-4 pushed a crippled F-4 to safety - The Aviation Geek Club

Pardo's Push: how an F-4 pushed a crippled F-4 to safety

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Another cool F4 story.

I had the pleasure of knowing Bob Pardo, a signed copy of print he had commissioned hangs in my basement..

 

[Sleek Chode]

I worked on them in late 80’s stationed in Hawaii while serving in the marines and can tell you they are living proof that if you put enough fire on a shit can it will fly. I never flew them but moved on and flew these.... best in the fleet!

 

[mothershipper]

My list was the same, plus the A7 Corsair II

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My favorite also, i worked on them in VA-122 and VX-5, they called them maneaters for a reason....

 

[mothershipper]

This was my job, miss it sometimes. Sure did make me keep my head on a swivel.

 

[rrrr]

Phantastic story!

 

[81Sprint]

Pretty cool story! My stepdad flew the F4 in the first gulf war, then moved on to the F15 eagle. The nickname for the F4 was Double Ugly, he had that as a personalized license plate on his cars, no one ever could figure it out lol. My mom was not a fan of that license plate