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.
About 46 yrs ago while stationed at MCAS El Toro my unit was at the west end of the runway and those F-4 Phantoms would hit the afterburners when taking off and the area would just literally vibrate from the decibels. Never forgot that and neither does my latest hearing test.
Use to watch the F-16s take off at Carswell AFB in Fort Worth. Taking off to the North you could stand at the fence line and they were pretty loud. Then a F-4 would role up and and lite the AB shaking the ground showing you who was the baddest player on the field. Was shot down in our Huey Gunship in 67 and taking a lot of fire. Pair of those F-4s came over us so low you could count the rivets and watch the 20mm brass fall . Took no more fire that day. Great aircraft and still miss them. My son and I met General Steve Ritchie at a airshow one year. He was a F-4 ACE during the Vietnam war and a true gentleman. Great times for this old man!
That exhaust nozzle squeezed down chokes the blower a lot and those sparks make it look like the turbine buckets are melting down…..nice drawing tho.
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ReplyDeleteAbout 46 yrs ago while stationed at MCAS El Toro my unit was at the west end of the runway and those F-4 Phantoms would hit the afterburners when taking off and the area would just literally vibrate from the decibels. Never forgot that and neither does my latest hearing test.
ReplyDeleteMy brother and me would sneak out at night to lie in the grass at the departure end to feel those burners. See, hear, FEEL.
DeleteThe adjacent drag strip had nothing on those F-4s in AB. Usually, they'd take off in pairs.
Use to watch the F-16s take off at Carswell AFB in Fort Worth. Taking off to the North you could stand at the fence line and they were pretty loud. Then a F-4 would role up and and lite the AB shaking the ground showing you who was the baddest player on the field. Was shot down in our Huey Gunship in 67 and taking a lot of fire. Pair of those F-4s came over us so low you could count the rivets and watch the 20mm brass fall . Took no more fire that day. Great aircraft and still miss them. My son and I met General Steve Ritchie at a airshow one year. He was a F-4 ACE during the Vietnam war and a true gentleman. Great times for this old man!
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