"Balls to the Wall" departing Prescott, AZ to Edwards AFB.
A LOUD departure for sure! Neat photo.
not pictured: 14 very fast cows...
My husband worked on these during the Viet Nam era for about 3 years before they changed to the A7. These were his favorite. I remember the roar as they passed overhead our tiny apartment when we were first married and living near Davis Monthen AFB. This is a great photo!
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
Great shot. It looks like a painting.
Nice shot! This was the plane to fly during the Vietnam war.
The Phantom was very instrumental in Viet Nam and very versatile. It and the Thud, the single engine Thunderchief f-105 were fighter and light bomber workhorses. decent enough shot but it did not carry the punch on seeing it that I expected even downloading it and viewing full size. That plane was the epitome of punch and war for the era.
Though visually striking, there is something visually confusing about this photograph.
--Bob
Shutterbug243 wrote:
"Balls to the Wall" departing Prescott, AZ to Edwards AFB.
Saw Phantoms in 1973. US Navy airshow at NAS Lakehurst, NJ.
Powerful airplane.
Eventually replaced by the F-14(Navy/Marines).
F-16(USAF).
Is this photo recent?
Is it an Air National Guard unit?
Or airshow?
Great shot !
rmalarz wrote:
Though visually striking, there is something visually confusing about this photograph.
--Bob
Upper half of aircraft against a blue background, lower half against βgroundβ.
And the color separation occurs right at the wings.
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Bob, I agree. I can't imagine an F-4 having the gear in transit that low over a field. And a hilly field at that. He must have been very close to a crash either taking off or approaching to land. It is one of my favorites.
Short story. I built a large radio control model of the F-4 many years ago. After a hard landing that damaged one of the landing gear, I repaired and retired it. After joining the local VFW post, I hung the model in the post. I painted my model after a full scale hanging in our local Aviation museum. As luck would have it, one of our members flew the F-4 and had actually flown the aircraft I modeled. He said he thought the tail number looked familiar, so he went to his log books, and sure enough, that plane was one he had flown. That was a WOW moment for me!
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