Yeah, I realized that awhile after I posted it. Old age senility makes you forget things.The Typhoon was liquid cooled, too. But its radiator was up front, and didn't have yards and yards of coolant lines running back and forth to the radiator.
P-51 Mustang: America’s Apex Predator
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Mr. Untactical
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The F4 was a dirty bird... and not a pleasant aircraft to experience as it flew over a technician (me) servicing the inner marker. That chunk would rattle your insides and is probably a contributing factor to why my ears ring constantly. It was nearly as bone rattling as the KC-135.
Mr. Untactical
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More than anything, this article makes me yearn for the America that was. We're a far cry from this spirit today.
RickAnderson
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The F-4, Proof to the World that with enough Thrust, even a brick could fly....
It was a great aircraft....
Mr. Untactical
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I was stationed at MacDill AFB during the F4 to F16 transition... all fighter aircraft are loud, but the F4 was like a drunk Irishman at your grandmother's wake. They were beasts, for sure!
Talyn
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One of the problems that the early models of the P-38 had flying out of the UK in WW2 was the bad British gas.
The early models cooling system, the lack of compressibility dive flaps, & poor training were contributing factors until corrective measures were implemented and the J-25 variant and L model arrived in the ETO.
BTW - the last F4 Phantom I saw flying was an USAF "E" Heritage flight bird at an air show in Norther MN a few years ago.
She was stripped down to enough fuel to do the routine & flew an impressive series of maneuvers for an old bird. Unfortunately, they didn't have her & her companion on the display line like the others.
The Israeli Super Phantom with the PW1120 engines (that did fly) really had a big boost in performance.
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The early models cooling system, the lack of compressibility dive flaps, & poor training were contributing factors until corrective measures were implemented and the J-25 variant and L model arrived in the ETO.
BTW - the last F4 Phantom I saw flying was an USAF "E" Heritage flight bird at an air show in Norther MN a few years ago.
She was stripped down to enough fuel to do the routine & flew an impressive series of maneuvers for an old bird. Unfortunately, they didn't have her & her companion on the display line like the others.
The Israeli Super Phantom with the PW1120 engines (that did fly) really had a big boost in performance.
Israel's F-4 Super Phantom: The Killer Fighter Jet That Never Flew
In 2018 reports emerged that the Pentagon would seek to procure a dozen upgraded F-15X fighters to replace an aging fleet of F-15C air superiority fighters. Rightly or wrongly, advocates of the F-35 stealth fighter fear the F-15X might impact F-35 procurement, even though the F-35 wasn’t meant...
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Talyn
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Other than one post all the posts I see that mentions the "F4" are talking about the F-4 Phantom.I suspect that some of you are talking about the F-4 Phantom (jet) and others are talking about the WWII F4U or F4F fighters....
Pro Digy II
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Here's a double trouble ( F-82 Twin Mustang) at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH. A place to absolutely visit to anyone who loves aviation
Talyn
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Amazing museum, isn't it! One of everything pretty much, actually two F-111! And an F-22 (well, mostly).
USMC6094
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I couldn't find a picture of it, but the Jug came back with damage that would've downed lesser types, the picture I can't find is a returned Thunderbolt with its propeller tips curled back from strafing TOO low.
God love the R2800, even nearly oil starved it was more survivable than anything liquid cooled.
God love the R2800, even nearly oil starved it was more survivable than anything liquid cooled.