Aviation Collectibles

Gotta admit that you have the passion for one of my favorite aircraft, the F-4.

The most efficient device known to man for the conversion of JP-4 into noise!

planeflyr

 

That is TOTALLY impressive, Mule ! I am also a model builder and at 80, I'm a bit slow but it does keep my eyes and hands in better working order. Right now I'm working on a big B-52 ( Revell) and I'm doing it as a 'C' model without the rocket and bomb racks and with the white anti-glare lower surfaces. Believe it or not, I worked on the very first XB-52 in 1951, then the YB-52 and B-52A. AND every jet transport that followed up to the 777 and 747-600 proposal. I witnessed the first flights of everything but the 757.
Also in the model works is a KC-135R, 1/24th P-51, ME-109, and Hurricane. I have a lot of kits and I'm going to finish them all before I'm finished.
Switches

 

A giant .50 caliber bullet that could deliver a lot of other giant .50 caliber bullets. That airplane was an engineering and aerodynamic marvel. There will never be another one like it. I agree with Rutan, the F-4 was a flying anvil. It did its job but without the finesse that the F-105 had.
Switches

 

Aww! Ya beat me to it!....
My fav aircraft is the F4 Phantom too!!

 

Now, I only said it was ONE of my favorite aircraft. My absolute all-time favorite is the venerable P-47 Thunderbolt (see my avatar) Now THERE'S a grand steed!

Planeflyr

 

I don't know there Switches, :\
The F-4, sure "Finessed" a whole passle of V.C. SAM sites in the mid 60's , Prior to the Thud.

http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/air/f4.html

And there are a couple of "Sandies" pilots, that are very thankful to the F4D's.

And besides.... What other aircraft has... Barn doors ? ?

 

I stand corrected...
( I actually stood up!)

I have a few plastic kit models that I did. Large and small.
Would take me sometimes a week or more to complete.

Also looking to do one in Balsa, (1/2 inch=1 foot). Just gotta find someplace here to display it.. when it's done. Also giving thought to making it RC..

 

Now if all you folks want to do a little research about one of the most fantastic flight events during the VietNam war, research "Pardo's Push". Talk about something almost unbelieveable of what an F-4 in the hands of someone who refused to give up can do.

I attended a talk by Mr. Pardo many years ago and viewed a "re-creation" film produced by the U.S. Air Force to extol the virtues of this event. It will leave you astounded.

Planeflyr

 

I spoke to a Russian pilot at one of the airshows that we performed in and he had flown the F4. I asked him how it compared with his MIG and he said, " Like milk truck!"
Switches

 

Uh Huh.... Take it from whence it cometh...

( An old biblical saying....)