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HRT's dream

PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:16 pm
by BradG

Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:40 am
by RayS
Hmmm. not sure about the only privately owned flyable F-4, what about the Collings Foundation F-4D?

Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:58 am
by VH-WAL
RayS wrote:Hmmm. not sure about the only privately owned flyable F-4, what about the Collings Foundation F-4D?


ImageF4-14 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr

Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 12:39 pm
by Ansett A330
RayS wrote:Hmmm. not sure about the only privately owned flyable F-4, what about the Collings Foundation F-4D?


And the Text says the Airframe is "currently 80-85% completed" and the Engines "to be overhauled" so it ain't flyable yet!

Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:41 pm
by hrtpaul
VH-WAL wrote:ImageF4-14 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr


Wally that's a USAF QF-4E. The Collings Foundation Phantom is an F-4D ;)
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Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:00 pm
by F-27pax
For those of us who prefer our Phantoms in the Navy way this F4H-1F would be preferable. And I reckon that if I could afford the asking price I could probably afford to get the engines seen to as well. As for flying it, how much does fuel for it cost again? That would be like setting fire to money, and don't even think about turning on those afterburners.
Leigh

Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:50 am
by Ansett A330
F-27pax wrote:... As for flying it, how much does fuel for it cost again? That would be like setting fire to money, and don't even think about turning on those afterburners.
Leigh


Well if you paid Tax back in the early Seventies a portion of that was paying for the RAAF F-4E Fuel Bill so can say you have already have paid for some of the Fuel for a Phantom.

Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 4:59 pm
by Wedgetail
Well if you paid Tax back in the early Seventies[/quote]

Flamin' heck, I was paying $1100 to $1200 a fortnight back in the Seventies.
Wayne.

Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:28 am
by Adam the Akrodude
F-27pax wrote:For those of us who prefer our Phantoms in the Navy way this F4H-1F would be preferable. And I reckon that if I could afford the asking price I could probably afford to get the engines seen to as well. As for flying it, how much does fuel for it cost again? That would be like setting fire to money, and don't even think about turning on those afterburners.
Leigh


Gotta use A/B on take off - unless one is using a really long runway. I reckon Collings Foundation has a LOT of money. They wanted to get a F-105 flying as well - pity the USAF didn't share their enthusiasm and cut the spars and spiked the engines of the remaining airframes that could of been used to get one F-105 flying again. :-(

Re: HRT's dream

PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:32 am
by VH-WAL
probably did that cos the 105 was nuke capable?