Phabulous Phantoms
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TEXASforLIFE
SAINT
1 of my favs also! A friend of mine flew them in Vietnam. He piloted my grandmother's plane and co-piloted my dad's. He was an instructor for the Germans and on bombing runs they would release the external fuel tanks instead of the bombs. Germany at its finest? Tank release wasn't intentional.
HansGruber
Ronin
The Lead Sled.
One of the first models I remember building.
One of the first models I remember building.
ghosttwofive
Custom
Same here. The F-4 kind of started my aircraft model building phase. Ended up with a whole room full of US, Russian, British, and French fighters.
lmgunner13
Elite
Damn things were so loud. I lived at the end of the flight line and they would shake our barracks when they flew over. But you could fly them all shot up to hell and they would still get the pilots home.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Bet i built 100 1/48 and 1/72 scale plane models in the eighties. Had a room of planes and dioramas
HansGruber
Ronin
I had a 1/72 set of the Thunderbirds F4 team...
Lock n' Load
Custom
For me, the all time favorite is the SR-71 Blackbird. The look and performance of that aircraft influenced everything since. The one in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum was a sight to behold when I visited years ago. Skunkworks rocks!
Talyn
SAINT
Last time I saw F-4s flying was at an sirshow in 12. The Phantoms have a very unique sound with the 79's, as do the F-15s with their F100's.
At the show the bird was stripped down light and could still "turn & burn" fairly impressively.
Israel made made an improved version but it never went into production.
At the show the bird was stripped down light and could still "turn & burn" fairly impressively.
Israel made made an improved version but it never went into production.
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Up until early 2019 there was a TV show called "Fantomworks". It was based around a custom car shop run by Dan Short, a former test pilot with a lot of background in the Phantoms I believe. The show was based and filmed in Norfolk, Va and was reasonably popular. Dan often mentioned he wanted cars "squared away" as was the Phantom.
Annihilator
Emissary
Great pics, thanks for the post, Joe, I watched that show all the time, good show, was disappointed when it got canceled, but yet, they keep that stupid Bitchin Rides, can’t stand that show.