Simviation Forum - F-4B Phantom II Over March AFB Riverside CA

Aug 31^st, 2011 at 6:41pm

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This is the Virtavia F-4 Phantom II with the new re-paint now featured on Simviation I grabbed today! Too bad there is a limit on screenshots here cause you should see my other shots of this aircraft I took today! Outstanding & Shout Out's To All Our Vietnam Vets! Simper Fi!

Thanks 4 viewing! Cool

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Reply #1 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:17am

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Great shots! Cool

I still think the PhantomII is a sexy beast!!!

Of course I'm sorta partial being I grew up very close to their "birthplace" Rode my bike to the fences many a time to watch them being strapped to the test pads.

When they ran 'em up and lit the burners it almost was breathtaking.

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Reply #2 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:56am

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Glad you like the shots U4EA! I guess I'm sorta partial too, the 1st military jets I fell in love with were the Phantoms, Intruders & Marine Harriers! Cool

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Reply #3 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 4:10am

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Nice shots.

I saw the livery in downloads but the thumbnail doesn't do it justice. You did.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #4 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 6:54am

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Wow

. Never really liked the sundowners design but you do it justice Cool

Renè

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Arguing with a pilot is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you begin to think the pig likes it.

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Reply #5 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 6:58am

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Nice Shots!

hyperpep111 wrote on Sep 1^st, 2011 at 6:54am:

Wow

. Never really liked the sundowners design but you do it justice Cool

Renè

Yeah, I'd agree. The tail looks great, but that shark nose just kills it for me. But it sure looks good from the right angle! (#4)

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Reply #6 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:07pm

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Club508 wrote on Sep 1^st, 2011 at 6:58am:

Nice Shots!

hyperpep111 wrote on Sep 1^st, 2011 at 6:54am:

Wow

. Never really liked the sundowners design but you do it justice Cool

Renè

Yeah, I'd agree. The tail looks great, but that shark nose just kills it for me. But it sure looks good from the right angle! (#4)

The funny thing is, on the site they picture the re-paint with a another tail design so I was shocked to see this tail when I loaded it but I think it works well with all the red paint details placement over this plane. Cool

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Reply #7 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:26pm

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Looks fantastic! My father-in-law was a back seater on those back in the day. I finally got to see one fly at the air show earlier this year, such a cool plane. Cool

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Reply #8 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 2:40pm

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Glad you like them mfaulisi, and it was really bugging me why the re-paint shows another version on the site and I have this one and so I looked again closer at my files and found that I didn't load the re-paint texture file correctly and now it's working right. So it turns out this is NOT the new repaint version. Sorry my bad! Cool

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Reply #9 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 6:50pm

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Cpt. D. Striker Metcalf wrote on Sep 1^st, 2011 at 2:40pm:

Glad you like them mfaulisi, and it was really bugging me why the re-paint shows another version on the site and I have this one and so I looked again closer at my files and found that I didn't load the re-paint texture file correctly and now it's working right. So it turns out this is NOT the new repaint version. Sorry my bad! Cool

Happens to us all! Its a nice looking phantom though Wink

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Reply #10 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 10:11pm

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Cpt. D. Striker Metcalf wrote on Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:56am:

Glad you like the shots U4EA! I guess I'm sorta partial too, the 1st military jets I fell in love with were the Phantoms, Intruders & Marine Harriers! Cool

First for me too! The noise and exhaust trail at take-off hooked me. They have a very distinct sound, especially on landing approach.

My gradeschool (now closed) used to have the 3-mile marker on the church roof for KSTL back in the day.

We'd ride our bikes down Graham Road (now N. Hanley) cut across the trainyard to Banshee then sit and watch Phantoms all day long in the summertimes.

Hang out by the same fence nowadays for any extended time and you's gonna get some sort of intervention! Cheesy

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