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 Posted 4/17/2006 10:45:54 PM |
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The F-4 was my first love, it was a great fighter, and it was rare that we lost a crew in an F-4.
I was a long time before we recovered an F-16 crew. In the early years we lost a lot of F-16's and crews when they first came into service.
The old F4 J79 would stay in a Jet for a year or two before coming out for maintenance.
If the F-16A-B model PW engine would last a week you were doing good.
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| Posted 4/18/2006 12:32:28 AM |
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Has NO LIFE!!
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| Posted 4/18/2006 7:05:36 PM |
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My dad was an F4 Rio in the Marines and he has a lot of great stories about the crap F4's the Marines got. BUT they did like the thing. Personally I think it's a tougher/cooler looking jet than most of the 16's and up.
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| Posted 4/18/2006 9:07:38 PM |
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DH was once A mail order bride...............
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I have only taken one a part . It was a 1989 batmobile turbine thingy. I know of no others except for John Evans crew that have done this.  
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| Posted 4/18/2006 9:33:26 PM |
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Has NO LIFE!!
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I hope to paint these parts this weekend. I have a special paint process planned and we'll see how it turns out.
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| Posted 4/18/2006 9:45:15 PM |
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DH was once A mail order bride...............
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Sweet. I bought Chrome for the blades and Dark gun metal gray metalic for the housing. Nice job Jack. That baby looks the spitting image.
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| Posted 4/18/2006 9:45:38 PM |
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Where did all those parts come from Jack? They didn't come with your kit, right?
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| Posted 4/18/2006 9:55:28 PM |
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DH was once A mail order bride...............
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Justin are you kidding, this is the same guy that made perfect replicas of the exhaust pipes. He is Jack, Jack my hero.
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| Posted 4/18/2006 9:56:44 PM |
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| Looks great Jack, where is mine??
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| Posted 4/18/2006 10:05:04 PM |
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ha ha ha.... The outer can came from Nitro. It was some type of stove liner or something. Had to remove a few inches from the middle and add the pads. The inner part is the same piece that I made earlier this year, or was it last year? I don't remember. The blades I had cut were to short so I have to fine a place around here that can cut some more for me. Anyway it’s not as nice as the real deal but it’s all I got. The total cost including paint should be less than $200. Oh thanks for the compliments.
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