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Started by f4_phantom_fan, August 06, 2009, 09:40:39 PM

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Thanks guys!

Quote from: phantomphan1974 on November 04, 2009, 09:31:29 AM
So Brian and Craig, how was it?  No photos yet?  Or scans of slides from Craig.  ;) ;D

It was great! Cold and overcast, but I kind of half-expected that. Day one included the 82nd ramp, T-38 ramp, The Canyon (where the F-117s used to be kept - it now houses their 16 Raptors), and the GAF hangars. Apparently some of the Phantoms and T-38s now go up against the Raptors as adversaries, which was cool to hear. There were some limits on photography - no shots of the test squadron T-38s, no shots in or near The Canyon or inside the hangar where we saw an F-22 on display, and no shots of one particular Tornado being worked on, that had it's nose cone off. Other than that, we could shoot anything else. Some of the base's Raptors still wear the AK tail code from Elmendorf, but will get the HO code when they go in for depot maintenance. Saw one Predator go up, saw a Reaper fly over us later on. The next day we went to Heritage Park, then out to a runway to see some Raptors go up (and noticeably closer to the runway than at Edwards South Base  >:D :)  ), then over to an area near the Phantom ramp again to see four of them launch, and then over to the high speed test track which actually turned out to be quite interesting after all. About 90 people attended this year - mostly U.S., U.K., Netherlands, and Japan. Looks like it will be Tyndall next year.

f4_phantom_fan

Here's some more.........

f4_phantom_fan

Phantoms everywhere!  Seems like every year somebody gets the group into a little hot water. A ladder had been set up next to this hangared Heritage aircraft, and I guess somebody got there before our escorts could stop him and he proceeded to climb right into the front seat. Our PAO escort was quite unhappy about it, too.

f4_phantom_fan

Here's some non-Phantom stuff........the F-117 is actually #782, the one that did the flyby at the 2005 Edwards show sporting the American flag on the bottom. They also have a false SN# on the C-model Phantom at the park.

f4_phantom_fan

Some more non F-4 images.......the two middle shots are of the test track.

aero-engineer

Quote from: f4_phantom_fan on November 20, 2009, 10:36:41 PM
I guess somebody got there before our escorts could stop him and he proceeded to climb right into the front seat. Our PAO escort was quite unhappy about it, too.

You would think that person would be smarter than that being an alleged airplane guy.

It's not a pretty picture when you impact the hanger roof.


Kevin
aero-engineer
Camera: Nikon

"The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead" - Igor I. Sikorsky

aero-engineer

Did anyone get a closeup of the marker in front of the YF-117A for Capt. Ken Levens?

Kevin
aero-engineer
Camera: Nikon

"The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead" - Igor I. Sikorsky

f4_phantom_fan

First shot here is the view from one of the EORs where we watched some Raptors go up.

phantomphan1974

In the second to last pic is a Tyndall heritage bird that looks a little forelorn, is it on death row or just tired paint?
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F-4 Phantom II Society

f4_phantom_fan

Yeah it's tired paint. That's #1490, another of the original group of Heritage aircraft.


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phantomphan1974

Damon Duran-Phantomphan1974 Photography (FB, IG, Twitter)
Phantoms Phorever
OCSD Air Support Unit-Photographer
F-4 Phantom II Society

f4_phantom_fan

Quote from: phantomphan1974 on November 25, 2009, 01:54:17 PM
I know.  RIP Kodachrome 64


AMEN.........did you know that Doug is going to retire after he's used up his remaining rolls? No Fuji, no digital conversion........

phantomphan1974

Quote from: f4_phantom_fan on November 25, 2009, 03:55:39 PM

AMEN.........did you know that Doug is going to retire after he's used up his remaining rolls? No Fuji, no digital conversion........
WHAT!!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Wow!!!  Is he still going to do the book selling?
Damon Duran-Phantomphan1974 Photography (FB, IG, Twitter)
Phantoms Phorever
OCSD Air Support Unit-Photographer
F-4 Phantom II Society

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