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Subject:
F4 Phantom II
gf0012-aust
3/21/2009 10:22:14 AM
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| Have been reading about the nicknames of the Phantom II (unfort it was Wiki, but it seems to be factually safe)
"The Phantom gathered a number of nicknames during its career. Some of these names included "Rhino", "Double Ugly",[94] the "Flying Anvil", "Flying Footlocker", "Flying Brick", "Lead Sled", the "Big Iron Sled" and the "Louisville Slugger".[95] In recognition of its record of downing large numbers of Soviet-built MiGs,[96] it was called the "World?s Leading Distributor of MiG Parts"[94] As a reflection of excellent performance in spite of bulk, it was dubbed "the triumph of thrust over aerodynamics."[97] German Luftwaffe crews called their F-4s the Eisenschwein ("Iron Pig"), Fliegender Ziegelstein ("Flying Brick") and Luftverteidigungsdiesel ("Air Defense Diesel").[98]
Imitating the spelling of the aircraft?s name, McDonnell issued a series of patches. Pilots became "Phantom Phlyers", backseaters became "Phantom Pherrets", fans of the F-4 "Phantom Phanatics", and call it the "Phabulous Phantom". Ground crewmen who worked on the aircraft are known as "Phantom Phixers"."
My curiosity has been picqued and I'm wondering if anyone has got stats for the total number of Migs killed by this trusty truck. :)
I saw one flying down (following) the autobahn in southern germany a few years back and it had this glorious gnarly sound as it flashed by
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