Posted on 03/23/2018 12:04:36 PM PDT by BBell
Do you have dreams of buzzing the control tower after a day of barrel-rolling and air-to-air training against those goons on the red team, and then hopping on your hog and cruising to the beach so you can douse yourself in tanning oil and play a spirited game of volleyball — while maintaining eye contact with your buddies for far too long?
Now, you can make those dreams a reality thanks to the folks over at Platinum Fighters: For a cool $4 million, they’ll sell you your very own F-4 Phantom II.
The Phantom McDonnell Douglas F4H-1F Phantom II Bu.145310 — a pre-production variant and the 11th one produced before the plane was ultimately re-designated the F-4 in September 1962 — is on sale for $3.95 million, Warbirds News reported March 14. Just 45 F4H-1F Phantoms were ever built using an earlier version of the J-79 turbojet featured in the widely-produced F-4s that first took the skies in 1959. And while this war plane isn’t fully operational, it’s pretty close to being flight ready, according to The War Zone.
If you’ve got the cash, why not splurge on the aircraft that was also the first in the F-4 family to be outfitted with hard points to carry bombs — and, as Warbirds News notes, subsequently helped convince the U.S. military that the warplane could function as both a tactical fighter and bomber. It just needs a little work to upgrade its engines, active its ejection seats, and tinker with its avionics.
So if you’ve got a couple million lying around, be prepared to drop a few more — and that’s before you even figure in gas.
I worked on these in the AF. They were really cool A/V in their time.
Just as soon as I win the $421 million Mega Millions tonight, my bid’s going in.
Worked on Navy/Marine versions at MCAS Beaufort, SC. but B, C, and D models. Probably would put a later model J-79 in it since I’d have money to spare. The early ones were a little flakey.
Great. So it can rust in my backyard.
I’m a cheapskate. Back in 1986 I bought a M-1A rifle to compensate me for the M-14 I shot Expert with in Officers’ Basic in 1968.
Since Trump stooped the war on coal an F-4 could be a fun toy. Fuel is cheap and abundant.
A local guy has a Yugoslavian trainer. He burns heating oil in it.
So you won’t need a mechanic to work on yours!
“The McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom. Proof that with a big enough engine, even a brick will fly.”
I remember watching them shooting rockets at targets on the range on Camp Pendleton. They would come in low and sometimes high and dive down shooting the rockets off. We had to cease fire but it was worth it and it was the closest I ever was to an airstrike. I’m surprised it was allowed, being peace time and all.
while maintaining eye contact with your buddies for far too long?
Haha!
You can buy FR with those winnings lol
You Can Now Buy Your Very Own F-4 Phantom Fighter Jet for a Total Steal, complete with a set of earplugs
there fixed it
heating oil implies #2 what your friend is using is K1.
Way Cool and about time there were more F-4’s on the market
But I still want an F-4C
Unfortunately it’ll cost about my retirement to go into full A/B and get it out to Mach 2
Stripped of weapons and defensive systems, that probably drops an hour or so here and there.
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I was in college in the latter part of the 1970s. The school got a secondary computer for the students, a Harris 24bit unix machine that was originally designed for aircraft carrier use to aid reducing the turnaround time in aircraft maintenance.
Phantom II Bu.145310 — a pre-production variant and the 11th one produced before the plane was ultimately re-designated the F-4 in September 1962 — is on sale for $3.95 million..
“What do I have to do to get you into an F-4 today?”
Definitely a rich man’s toy.
John McCain should buy one and show everyone how almost sink your own Carrier.
No self respecting fighter pilot would ride a "hog", anymore than they would drive a low-rider.
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