Fabulous Phantoms

[Duggy009]

Fabulous indeed
"Since aircraft were becoming increasingly complicated during the 1950s, McDonnell also proposed a tandem two-seat version of the F3H-G, with the "back-seater" taking care of aircraft's electronic systems."

Link - http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.c ... c.php?7486
AS usual right click
I got the photos from here http://collections.naval.aviation.museu ... /Query.php
Regards Duggy

[Scott Rose]

I always loved the Phantoms, especially back in the day of colorful schemes.

[maxum96]

I always loved the Phantoms, especially back in the day of colorful schemes.

Me too. I lived under the flight path for Miramar starting in 1972. I used to love watching the F-4's, A-4's and F-14's in the pattern with the bright paint schemes. And we were guaranteed a great Blue Angel's show every year. It was awesome seeing the Blue Angels in the F-4's.

[C VEICH]

And the T-birds flew them too! I believe the only aircraft that was operated by both the Blues and the T-birds.

From the Pima Air and Space Museum

[flightsimer]

Ours should be back on its feet sometime soon. As soon as that happens, we can bring it in and paint it.

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Which after searching for that thread, I think I should do an update on it there...

[airnutz]

I always loved the Phantoms, especially back in the day of colorful schemes.

Me too. I lived under the flight path for Miramar starting in 1972.

I booted at RTC San Diego and was based later at Point Loma in '75 aboard a diesel pigboat. Occasionally we'd check out the enlisted club at Miramar which had a pretty good one that had a budget for some decent bands. We basically operated with the fleet and shore facilities showing them what a sub "did" in various exercises and war games.

One of those games led to 5 of us being scared s*itless by a Rhino....We were assuming the Aggressor profile of a Soviet diesel sub with medium range surface-to-surface missiles. We were to surface...go thru the time period for the launch...submerge and boogey. The fleet and/or shore response was ASW aircraft or aircraft acting as responding missiles.
So, we surfaced and were timing thru the launch period with an OOD and 4 lookouts...an ungodly long time of like 15-20 minutes(hence the 2 extra lookouts) for surfacing, raise the missile tubes, launch, lower tubes and scat. We were scanning the horizon for contacts when we got a announcement over the bridge speaker, "Bridge, Radar, We have a target bearing..." SHREEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKROOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had been tagged by an F-4 acting as a missile which had come in on the deck and pulled up just off our starboard beam about 50 foot overhead. The 5 of us basically screamed our favorite most handy expletives and geeeked-out in the worst case of "mass-hysteria-willies" I've ever witnessed.

Yeah....the Phantom has a special place in my spine somewhere...

[Scott Rose]

I always loved the Phantoms, especially back in the day of colorful schemes.

Me too. I lived under the flight path for Miramar starting in 1972.

I booted at RTC San Diego and was based later at Point Loma in '75 aboard a diesel pigboat. Occasionally we'd check out the enlisted club at Miramar which had a pretty good one that had a budget for some decent bands. We basically operated with the fleet and shore facilities showing them what a sub "did" in various exercises and war games.

One of those games led to 5 of us being scared s*itless by a Rhino....We were assumed the Aggressor profile of a Soviet diesel sub with medium range surface-to-surface missiles. We were to surface...go thru the time period for the launch...submerge and boogey. The fleet and/or shore response was ASW aircraft or aircraft acting as responding missiles.
So, we surfaced and were timing thru the launch period with an OOD and 4 lookouts...an ungodly long time of like 15-20 minutes(hence the 2 extra lookouts) for surfacing, raise the missile tubes, launch, lower tubes and scat. We were scanning the horizon for contacts when we got a announcement over the bridge speaker, "Bridge, Radar, We have a target bearing..." SHREEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKROOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had been tagged by an F-4 acting as a missile which had come in on the deck and pulled up just off our starboard beam about 50 foot overhead. The 5 of us basically screamed our favorite most handy expletives and geeeked-out in the worst case of "mass-hysteria-willies" I've ever witnessed.

Yeah....the Phantom has a special place in my spine somewhere...

Thanks for sharing this story. These are the stories I love.

[airnutz]

A wee light moment on this Memorial Day...