Tag: PhantomII
When a Phantom II pilot belly landed his stricken F-4D without his backseater
‘In retrospect, my ordering WSO to eject was a mistake which I have always regretted. I felt at the time I was saving his...
F-4 pilot recalls having to do a 6-G pullup in order to avoid a pickup truck during a “snake check” down a jeep trail
‘I assured him that I know his official green Chevy pickup very well and would certainly avoid him,’ David Storm, USAF F-4 Phantom II...
The F-4 WSO describes how its pilot dozed off while ferrying four Phantom IIs
What happens if a fighter jet pilot falls asleep while flying?
According to a 2013 pilots' union survey, almost half of airline and commercial pilots...
When a F-4 pilot had diarrhea on board his Phantom II over North Vietnam
‘When he later returned to the ship after his mission, he spent a long time cleaning his cockpit seat after he had abandoned his...
A pilot of the F-4 Phantom II recalls an exciting Mach-2 test flight
‘There it is! Mach 2.0, twice the speed of sound. I could go on, Mach 2.4 is probably within reach,’ Ed Cobleigh, former F-4...
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