And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
A F-4 and a navy ship that isn't streaked with rust
That jet must have been in neutral - no smoke coming from the rear. I hear tell the the VC could track them by that smoke trail long before they could see the plane. AFAIK that 'problem' never got resolved. Only bad rap on an otherwise outstanding aircraft.
if you had fuel, first stage of AB cured a lot of the smoke. the -17 was fairly clean. the F-4K had the Spey with a short burner in it and it smoked too.
Looks like a Tiger Cruise. When the Carrier Battle Group would come back from the Med, there were a number of people that got off in Rota to go home early to get things ready on chartered airliners. Those airliners would bring dads and sons (later also daughters) to ride the ship back. Three days out the airwing would put on a live ordinance air show that had to be experienced. The start was always (in my days) an F4 at low altitude would would go by the ships in burner and supersonic. He would then pull up, roll right and pop 4 self-defense flares. His wingman would then try and get 4 sidewinder shots on the 4 flares. Saw it 4 times and only one pulled off 4 for 4. That is the wingman above, throttled back to give himself more time to line up 4 shots
Two J-79s. Pure, raw power.
ReplyDeleteAnd you don't here them coming until they are right on top of you! Love those F-4 Phantoms. Well named.
DeleteAs my Dad (a Marine Corps F-4 Pilot) used to tell me, "Put enough engine on a brick and it will fly too."
DeleteYour Dad was right. Oorah!
DeleteIt had to be 20 yrs. ago, Sigh.......... I rode submarines but always marveled at the spit and polish of those Skimmers. (Targets)
ReplyDeleteThat jet must have been in neutral - no smoke coming from the rear. I hear tell the the VC could track them by that smoke trail long before they could see the plane. AFAIK that 'problem' never got resolved. Only bad rap on an otherwise outstanding aircraft.
ReplyDeleteHence the nickname German pilots gave it: Luftverteidigungsdiesel ("Air Defense Diesel")
Deleteif you had fuel, first stage of AB cured a lot of the smoke. the -17 was fairly clean. the F-4K had the Spey with a short burner in it and it smoked too.
DeleteOur ships look a bit crusty these days, don't they? Different navy, different philosophy.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a Tiger Cruise. When the Carrier Battle Group would come back from the Med, there were a number of people that got off in Rota to go home early to get things ready on chartered airliners. Those airliners would bring dads and sons (later also daughters) to ride the ship back. Three days out the airwing would put on a live ordinance air show that had to be experienced. The start was always (in my days) an F4 at low altitude would would go by the ships in burner and supersonic. He would then pull up, roll right and pop 4 self-defense flares. His wingman would then try and get 4 sidewinder shots on the 4 flares. Saw it 4 times and only one pulled off 4 for 4. That is the wingman above, throttled back to give himself more time to line up 4 shots
ReplyDeleteJMSDF ship Akebono (DD 108)
ReplyDeleteGood Eye!! True, it is that ship. See the link:
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Last time I was in Japan (2007) they still had F-4 Phantoms sitting on the flight line being used at Naha Joint Use Airport.
Those were the days!
ReplyDeleteI can still see in my minds eye putting that Revell Phantom model together
ReplyDeleteDDG 108 USS Wayne Meyer
ReplyDeleteHate to disagree with you but not the DDG 108. Check the antennas on the pic above and then those on the link:
Deletehttps://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/1705/3419466/1000w_q75.jpg
You are looking at a JMSDF ship.
Isn't that a roundel on the air intake? If so it's a JASDF phantom.
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