Vanstractors 120 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Found a pic of me pulling a F-4 Phantom to a gate guard stand a while back !Spent its life as a Nasa test plane many of the pilots had signed the inside of the nose cone and dated !Had the Aluminum Overcast stop by on dedication day and one of the pilots that flew the F 4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
New Englander 1,488 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Nice! Best airshow plane ever for both the T Birds and Blue Angles. Neither the fastest nor the most maneuverable but never beat for pure visceral, J79 noise! Tremendous history as a first-line fighter for Air Force, Marines, and Navy as well as being operated by many other countries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rick G. 219 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Really cool pic. Where abouts was this pic taken? Somewhere in Michigan? I was lucky to see both the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels fly their F-4’s at numerous air shows back in the day. Phantoms Phorever! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vanstractors 120 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Still sits today at Gallatin Airport just North of Nashville Tenn . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
806 man 762 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/9/2019 at 4:01 PM, Vanstractors said: Found a pic of me pulling a F-4 Phantom to a gate guard stand a while back !Spent its life as a Nasa test plane many of the pilots had signed the inside of the nose cone and dated !Had the Aluminum Overcast stop by on dedication day and one of the pilots that flew the F 4 Dump and Burn Baby!!! Had the wrong plane in mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clay neubauer 209 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I was fortunate to see some of the last Phantoms phlying before they finally switched the aerial target jets to F-16s. What a beast. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
New Englander 1,488 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I took my then girlfriend to a Blue Angles show at the now closed South Weymouth NAS. They took of and disappeared, she was hot and bored until they sneaked up behind the crowd and lit the burners. I knew it was coming, she did not. She hit the deck! She loved the show and talked about it for day afterwards. She was not so impressed when the T Birds were flying T38s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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