Lusitanian Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Sixty-three years ago tomorrow the first “F-110A” Phantom II was delivered to the USAF. Contrary to popular (and undying) belief, the F-110A was never called the Spectre. No USAF or McAir document I’ve ever seen called it that. When it left the paint shop a few days before the delivery photo was taken, it clearly said “PHANTOM II“ below “F-110A”. And it’s there in photos taken after that one. For reasons I’ve never been able to figure out, I’m 100% convinced that it’s been airbrushed off of the often published photo. Sixty-three years before this photo was taken, it was still the 19th Century! 7
BlrwestSiR Posted January 24 Posted January 24 I never noticed before how big the ejections eat warning triangles are on the plane. 1
Lusitanian Posted January 24 Author Posted January 24 All of the F4H-1/F-4Bs that the USAF borrowed from the Navy had the buzz numbers on the belly. By the time the first true F-4C was delivered in 1963, they had stopped using them. 1
GusMac Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Either those two pilots are pretty short or that fella from McD-D should be in the NBA!
Lusitanian Posted January 24 Author Posted January 24 1 hour ago, GusMac said: Either those two pilots are pretty short or that fella from McD-D should be in the NBA! Somewhere someone told me he was about 6’7” tall 1
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