Phantom Phanatic

The only flying FJ-4 Fury last seen performing at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in July 2019

#OTD #ootd #ChuckYeager #crash #usaforce Chuck Yeager on his 2nd flight of the day in the NF-104 re-entered the atmosphere tail end first due to jack screw failures which put him in a flat spin for 100,000'. He tried every trick to save the plane but could not. His face caught on fire after he punched out. Details in Yeager, An Autobiography, you can purchase from rightstuffstore.com

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From the very first gunslinger who flew a wood-and-wire crate at treetop level, to today’s union of man and machine.

A very early birthday present for the Air Force by the excellent @hansclaw.

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Night Mode™ for Dark Mode! I know some people seen me post something similar but that was not my work. But this is. And so was the photo below, mine. And this is obviously much higher fidelity. In October 2020 there were Halloween nose art liveries on F-15s and this aircraft chose the Tiger King that looks like a king from a deck of cards up front naming the F-15 "Joe Exotic". Nighttime for nighttime ops art profile. What'd you guys think? Should I do more of these? They're hard to do because there's not near as many photos.

Interesting history about the SAM stuck in this B-52D's wing during 'nam. That's either luck or pure American ingenuity, or both, that saved her own skin.