tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017262752786565419.post6793468362315550515..comments2024-01-16T00:05:14.006-08:00Comments on Aircraft Nut: Happy Birthday F-4 Phantom!Herman van Kradenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02436600778513944817noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017262752786565419.post-74403170128698773952014-05-28T21:12:57.898-07:002014-05-28T21:12:57.898-07:00That's streak, not steak !That's streak, not steak !Herman van Kradenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02436600778513944817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017262752786565419.post-77849377023205441842014-05-28T21:11:38.125-07:002014-05-28T21:11:38.125-07:00Have never seen them in action ! Our neighbour...Have never seen them in action ! Our neighbour's son had a metal scale model that had the paint scheme in the top picture (US Navy, if I recall correctly) when I was growing up. Always wished I could see the Blue Angels (and the Red Arrows); as they always featured in the comic bookes I loved as a pre-teen ! I did get to see a flight of F-16s steak back and forth on maneuvres in Germany though, loved that. Most of my other early plane spotting was limited to SAAF and RAF planes, and the Concorde, which flew over our house at least twice a day when they did high altitude testing in Johannesburg during the 1970s! Herman van Kradenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02436600778513944817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017262752786565419.post-53533108382543495672014-05-28T18:48:08.402-07:002014-05-28T18:48:08.402-07:00A great plane, and something I always found intere...A great plane, and something I always found interesting was the initial design relied solely on air to air missiles for air combat, the belief then being engagements would be over before visual range was reached. This proved a false concept after experiences in Vietnam I believe, and they had to retrofit an under fuselage 'gun pod'... dogfighting skills were still needed!<br />Still a great plane and I recall seeing them at the Sunderland airshow and enjoying their roar as they flew past! Stirring stuff for a young boy then!Scottswargaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581220877007982139noreply@blogger.com