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Coin Sniper |
That's right, you can own your own F4 Phantom for a paltry $3.9M https://www.warhistoryonline.c...nument-to-katyn.html  Airframe: 461 hrs TTSN 0 Time Since restoration – currently 80-85% completed Engines: to be overhauled General Electric J-79-8 upgraded to -15 3x engines currently at Aero Turbine awaiting overhaul 2x engines in California as spares Ejection Seats: Will be Hot Martin Baker Mk 7 seats “0/0” New Crew Parachutes and Survival Kits Pyro Charges Available Avionics: TBD Exterior: Painted – United States Navy – Excellent Condition Other: Centerline and Outboard droptanks 2x Drag Chutes Restoration: Currently 80-85% completed – Airframe has undergone a complete IRAN per U.S. Navy standards – Dual Controls installed in the rear cockpit – All components overhauled to “0 time” condition – Aircraft has been completely rewired – Fuel system rebuilt with new fuel cells – All hydraulics rebuilt with Stainless Steel lines – All three hydraulic systems overhauled – 2 pneumatic systems overhauled – New wheels and brakes Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | ||
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How much to get the engines overhauled? +$$$$ | |||
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Is it just me, or does that look like a prototype F4H-1? | |||
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A Grateful American |
Yes. That's the (second) "Sageburner" hog. Low level absolute speed record setter. (the first attempt, the aircraft had a pitch problem and broke up, killing the pilot) "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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I would imagine the cost to fly something like that has to be in the $30K - $50,000/hr range when you add in the cost of fuel, maintenance and engine rebuilds. Anyone know how many hours between rebuilds on something like this? Bob Carpe Scrotum | |||
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| A Grateful American |
Isochronal inspections were 600 hours depot level. Phased inspections were interval (typically 300 PE). (Engines were in the hundred hour time between changes, but sometimes we pulled them for other reasons.) We had 7 day calender inspections, that were pretty involved, taking an entire day, and the Preflight/Thru-flight/Post Flight inspections as well as various other time/calender inspections and "time changes" of various components. Pretty much an ongoing bunch of hours between poking holes in the sky. "Back in the day", it was bout $10,000 per hour of flight time, and that was "40 years ago dollars", and when we have thousands of those bug smashers generating all sorts of "Sounds of Freedom". "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Master of one hand pistol shooting  |
I'd only fly it on Sundays. SIGnature NRA Benefactor CMP Pistol Distinguished | |||
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Kerosene. Lots of Kerosene. And the F4 was my favorite afterburner takeoff in my USAF days. Love the sound and flames. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Where do you buy the aircraft carrier on which to land this beauty? ------- Trying to simplify my life... | |||
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Finally a way to deal with the neighbors barking dog without them knowing its me... A sidewinder from 1,000 ft - yeah!!! ________,_____________________________ Guns don't kill people - Alec Baldwin kills people. He's never been a straight shooter. | |||
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Ok, so I buy the jet and rebuild the engines. What certifications do I need? Who checks me out in the aircraft? Can I just fly that bad boy VFR? I suppose I could just YouTube the instructions like that SeaTac guy did.... ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
Who builds an airplane without a gun? "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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| A man's got to know his limitations  |
Nice jet! "But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley | |||
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Love the smell of AB’s on take off  ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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| Low Speed, High Drag |
She's parked literally across the street from my house at French Valley Airport Wings & Rotors Air Museum. They also have a Nice UH-1B done up as a HAL-3 bird. A few months ago a F-86 put on a pretty good show out my back yard. I've also seen B-17's, B-24's, P-51,s F4U's, and Spitfire's going in and out. "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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| Too soon old, too late smart |
I don’t know. I’ll have to think about that. My garage is already pretty full.  | |||
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Spiritually Imperfect |
I could watch that all damn day long. | |||
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What about the missiles? They're no good without those. | |||
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| Low Speed, High Drag |
I'm also under the flight path of USMC aircraft going between Camp Pendleton and 29 Palms  "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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Legalize the Constitution |
There’s an alternative. If you’ve got an extra $4,650,000 laying around you can buy a hardly used ‘86 MiG-29 Fulcrum. For Sale—Cheap _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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