A Phantom Wake-up ( one I'm rather satisfied with)

[Souichiro]

And a post I'm actually very very satisfied with! Hope you agree!

I read a rather interesting piece in this months FlyPast about the F-4 Phantom in British service! The Following quote made me to having to do this flight!

" Obviously other pilots took an interest in our new kit. In the very early days on the OCU, a Lightning appeared alongside to have a look. Neither of us had any idea of the others frequency, but he made some appropiate hand signals and we both put in full reheat. It wasn't long before he dissapeared into my 12 o'clock But of course when that was over he had to land whereas I could keep flying around for another 45 minutes!"

So here are the shots!

Takeing off in the early morning


The forecast for the day was that the weather was going to improve


As of yet it was very cloudy


But the skies were opening up slowly


This is certainly one of the sexiest planes ever made!


A twister shot ( the large version actually made me a little dizzy)


Heading out over the sea


Later that day I intercepted an Easyjet 737


But of course this is Simv and therefore more appropiate




Plane is ITO's ina special AVA package which you can find here on Simv!

I hope you enjoyed it!!! ( I did )

[flyboy 28]

Great set, Soui.

[F3Hadlow]

Superb Soui!

[robtor1]

Yes, superb!

[BFMF]

This is certainly one of the sexiest planes ever made!

The F-4 was a great fighter, but personally, I think it's a crude design, and as far as looks are concerned, isn't the best looking. Not that i'm saying it's ugly, but there are a lot more 'sexier' aircraft out there

[cheesegrater]

The F-4 is a very ugly plane but it does what it is supposed to well.

[Mike..]

The F-4 to this day is my all time favorite AC. Being an EX AC engine mechaninc I can tell you one thing about it. All the Vets in the bizz called it the flying pig. And that it was. there was more safety wire holding it together than anything else. you could  take all that wire, melt it down and make yourself another AC out of it . Superb shots man!  Although, whats up with the regog lights/strobes? Alfull "starbright"

[maulepilot117]

wonderful shots soui!
do you know what page this model is on?  i cant seem to find it

[Souichiro]

[quote]wonderful shots soui!
do you know what page this model is on?

[ozzy72]

Gotta love the F4

[congo]

The F-4 to this day is my all time favorite AC.

Ditto on that, only I have no other reason other than it was constantly flying overhead for most of my childhood years and it's presence demanded attention and inspired awe.

A most beautiful aircraft in my opinion, I loved the sight of these jets and only realised later in life that the F4 Phantom II was one of the greatest warplanes ever.

The sight of a Phantom going vertical and just disappearing is one  I'll never forget.

[Souichiro]

Great to see some fellow Phantom lovers!  ;D I've never seen one fly actually... must be a great sight ( and sound)

[Omag 2.0]

Very In-Your-Face-shots!  ;D Great stuff!

[maulepilot117]

yes...phantoms are very loud....very loud
had one flyover during an airshow pretty low and pretty fast...yow i wondered if i would ever recovering my hearing