Um...Can we buy a F-4 Phantom? Group Buy??

[Ruger Rich]

I spent 18 months in beautiful South East Asia and I say "F105" all the way.

 

[DirectDrive]

I spent 18 months in beautiful South East Asia and I say "F105" all the way.

Thud was cool looking ship.
Into Harm's Way they flew.

 

[EPS]

These days with all the idiots I want gone living in the cities I will take a A10 THUNDER BOLT .OR A APACHE ANY DAY

 

[DirectDrive]

These days with all the idiots I want gone living in the cities I will take a A10 THUNDER BOLT .OR A APACHE ANY DAY

Yeah.
But to be a bit nostalgic, an A-1 Skyraider would be nice as well.

 

[moose]

Ah, I'm willing to wing it.

me too, I have SEL and MEL ratings. I might make it without popping the seat.

 

[RicInOR]

There's Now A Haynes Repair Manual For The F-14 Tomcat

 

[Mygrainman]

If only it came with a jet plane version of a Good Sam RV membership, giving highly discounted access to in air refueling, and strategically placed carriers, and Island airstrips.

 

[moose]

If only it came with a jet plane version of a Good Sam RV membership, giving highly discounted access to in air refueling, and strategically placed carriers, and Island airstrips.

Dude, it comes with gbu-87 cluster bombs. You don't ask for a discount, you take a discount.

 

[Captain O]

There's an old Vietnam-era saying about Napalm: "Big or small, it sticks to them all."

 

[CoastRange57]

Named after one of the most bad azz fighters to fly..the F4U Corsair. I have seen the Erickson's F4U up close and doing a 400 mph low pass. I have all ready signed up to volunteer on its ground crew when I get moved to Central Oregon.

 

[ATCclears]

On the F-4, nifty!... but the fuel costs will kill your budget. Even a L-39 (Albatross) sucks back a lot of fuel at 140 gallons per hour (gph).

Moving up the food chain, I believe the B-29 "Fifi" burns 400 gph.

 

[RicInOR]

https://smile.amazon.com/McDonnell-...=1522091590&sr=1-1&keywords=f-4+Haynes+Manual

 

[DirectDrive]

There's Now A Haynes Repair Manual For The F-14 Tomcat

LOL
Betcha the Iranians bought some.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Did a lot of training around the current Mil airfares, and got my first back seat ride in Ol'Smokey, an F-4S WW tail code ship, man, whay a machine, proof you can strap a big enough motor to a brick and it will fly! Nothing in the world could or still match the F- 4 down low, Nothing! I later got to back seat in a F-15 Echo and that was simply awesome, there is a reason the -15 is undefeated, Current Score 110 to NOTHING!!! Take that NAVY! Then I got a back seat in the -16, that made me a believer!
The F-4 was kind of like an American muscle car, fast as hell, quick as lightning, just don' try and turn all that sharp and your good, the -15 was like a Lamborghini, brutish power, agile like a cat, and rock solid in a turn at any speed! The -16 was like a Ferrari, not as quick, not as fast, but hold the eff on, were turning yesterday! The -16 could out dance any thing in the sky! We went up against the Navy in a Red Flag with it's new F-18 Echo and it was a rout, the -18 is good, but the -15 and -16 tear it apart, and the poor ol -14 never stood a chance in a knife fight, it had to work it's radar magic from far off, about where an F-4 would smoke it!
Ol' Smokey was a lot better then folks wanted to admit, the only thing wrong with it was it's age and construction tech, had the mil decided to keep it, it would still be an awesome bird! And to this day, there are 24 active -S versions with the WW tail code and no smoke engines doing what the Phantom always did best, super sonic across the deck into harm's way!

 

[Diamondback]

I'd rather have one of these... too bd they were never built.

Takes the high ground unseen on radar or IR...

 

[DirectDrive]

Did a lot of training around the current Mil airfares, and got my first back seat ride in Ol'Smokey, an F-4S WW tail code ship, man, whay a machine, proof you can strap a big enough motor to a brick and it will fly! Nothing in the world could or still match the F- 4 down low, Nothing! I later got to back seat in a F-15 Echo and that was simply awesome, there is a reason the -15 is undefeated, Current Score 110 to NOTHING!!! Take that NAVY! Then I got a back seat in the -16, that made me a believer!
The F-4 was kind of like an American muscle car, fast as hell, quick as lightning, just don' try and turn all that sharp and your good, the -15 was like a Lamborghini, brutish power, agile like a cat, and rock solid in a turn at any speed! The -16 was like a Ferrari, not as quick, not as fast, but hold the eff on, were turning yesterday! The -16 could out dance any thing in the sky! We went up against the Navy in a Red Flag with it's new F-18 Echo and it was a rout, the -18 is good, but the -15 and -16 tear it apart, and the poor ol -14 never stood a chance in a knife fight, it had to work it's radar magic from far off, about where an F-4 would smoke it!
Ol' Smokey was a lot better then folks wanted to admit, the only thing wrong with it was it's age and construction tech, had the mil decided to keep it, it would still be an awesome bird! And to this day, there are 24 active -S versions with the WW tail code and no smoke engines doing what the Phantom always did best, super sonic across the deck into harm's way!

So did ya puke ?

 

[Ura-Ki]

Nope, not in any of those, but i did a few times in choppers! Somehing about dropping a few hundred feet strait down in the dark!