F4 Phantom For Sale

[bad company]

They’ll be plenty on PH well able to afford to buy and run this:-

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation...

[Tony1963]

“The” Phantom. Don’t they mean “This”?

[Krikkit]

Things like this are why I would go from billionaire to sub millionaire in record time. How awesome is that.

[bad company]

Krikkit said:

Things like this are why I would go from billionaire to sub millionaire in record time. How awesome is that.

Yep, it’d be fun though.

[anonymous-user]

Could this be used for a kamikaze run at something important in the wrong hands ? Asking for a friend lol.

[Krikkit]

Iwantafusca said:

Could this be used for a kamikaze run at something important in the wrong hands ? Asking for a friend lol.

A 747 would be much better for it, and easier to come by.

[Tony1963]

Iwantafusca said:

Could this be used for a kamikaze run at something important in the wrong hands ? Asking for a friend lol.

Any aircraft would do.

[anonymous-user]

Krikkit said:

A 747 would be much better for it, and easier to come by.

Easy to shoot down tho ?

[kowalski655]

Iwantafusca said:

Easy to shoot down tho ?

Not if you fly it as a normal aircraft & flight plan until the last minute
Ive always wondered why the 9/11 lot didnt just use all that Saudi money & hire some 747s ,pretend they were cargo planes, & just swerve at the last minute

[Piginapoke]

kowalski655 said:

Not if you fly it as a normal aircraft & flight plan until the last minute
Ive always wondered why the 9/11 lot didnt just use all that Saudi money & hire some 747s ,pretend they were cargo planes, & just swerve at the last minute

I guess they wanted to kill all the passengers on the planes.

[Eric Mc]

Getting away from the silliness, it does seem that this Phantom does appear to be one of the very first built and his some significant records attached to it. Where has it been hiding over the past 60 years.

[Equus]

Tony1963 said:

Any aircraft would do.

Not quite as much kinetic energy involved in a Cessna, mind you?

[Yertis]

Eric Mc said:

Getting away from the silliness, it does seem that this Phantom does appear to be one of the very first built and his some significant records attached to it. Where has it been hiding over the past 60 years.

Indeed. I thought "hmmm I wonder... and in checking my treasured Bill Gunston book about the F4 found it is (I think) an aircraft whose picture I've looked at innumerable times.

[Eric Mc]

It looks like it had, at least early on, the original low profile canopy.

[irocfan]

Not being a fly boy type 900mph at 125feet seems insane

[Tony1963]

Equus said:

Not quite as much kinetic energy involved in a Cessna, mind you?

That’s not a prerequisite for killing yourself and a few others. A hot exhaust, some sparks, and a load of fuel will do it.

[The Hypno-Toad]

I think at that money, Mr Cruise has probably already been on the phone. He could buy that with the cash he's got down the back of the sofa.

[Ayahuasca]

Yertis said:

Indeed. I thought "hmmm I wonder... and in checking my treasured Bill Gunston book about the F4 found it is (I think) an aircraft whose picture I've looked at innumerable times.

I have that book too !

[AndrewGP]

At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, the issue isn't buying it, it's running it (much like my old Evo VI )

Where are you going to store it? Who's going to maintain it and for how much? Would you keep the bang seats in and maintained? Have you got the cash to fuel it, especially with reheat usage?

Then there's the issue of are you good enough and experienced enough to fly it? Can you get it insured and certified? And who's going to sit in the back to help crew it (granted this is less of an issue for civilian use)?

Don't get me wrong, I'd sell my children to buy that jet as my own personal run-about but I think the list of individuals able to actually do it would be vanishingly small

[Eric Mc]

The ad goes on about it being the only Phantom available for civil use. I thought the Collings Foundation flew a Phantom (although they may not be flying at the moment due to the fatal crash of their B-17 last year).