{"id":64,"date":"2019-08-10T18:27:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T18:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/?p=64"},"modified":"2020-04-05T18:21:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:21:28","slug":"mcdonnell-douglas-phantom-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/08\/10\/mcdonnell-douglas-phantom-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"F-4 Phantom II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first time I saw a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was in a black-and-white newsreel in a movie theater in the late 1960&#8217;s. The two things that impressed me were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Its destructive power &#8211; the newsreel showed Phantoms bombing in Vietnam.<\/li><li>The disctinct shape of the wings, which was unlike that of any other warplane that I was familiar with at the time (mostly French and Russian).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The next time I saw a Phantom was at an airbase in Israel in 1969. It was immediately after the Phantoms arrived in Israel.  What impressed me the most was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The size of the fuselage. It reminded me of a locomotive.<\/li><li>The paint &#8211; It was brand new, and the shades of brown and tan were much more distinct than on the more faded camouflage paint scheme on the other types of planes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The most impressive sight of Phantoms occurred when I saw <strong>80 Phantoms<\/strong> in the Israel independence day flyby of 1973 over Jerusalem (5 x 16). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I also remember the 1970 flyby which included 27 Phantoms (9 x 3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1971 flyby (which I didn&#8217;t see) there were 61 Phantoms (as well as 80 Skyhawks !).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Card models<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Phantom II is a very popular card modeling subject. I am aware of at least 15 different model designs, and have seen progressively detailed and larger models, built to perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I built only one model &#8211; The gray IAF magazine model, which is based on the Wilhemshavener model. See photo below. I found it to be a difficult model to build, and to the best of my recollection, it may have caused a number of youth to drop the hobby&#8230;Fast forward 30 or more years, and I met people who built with apparent ease numerous Phantom models. What this shows is that card modeling changed from a massively popular hobby (in Israel) to the domain of the few experts&#8230;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictures are copyright 2019 by Yosef Albert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A note about quality: the pictures were taken many years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/quonset-phantom-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70\"\/><figcaption>Quonset Air Show, Rhode Island, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/london-phantom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\"\/><figcaption>London Ontario air show, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nj-phantom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\"\/><figcaption>McGuire AFB, New Jersey, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pensa-phantom-q.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73\"\/><figcaption>Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/yf-4E.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\"\/><figcaption>YF-4E at the Air Force Museum,  Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.<br>Experimental version. Note the canard surfaces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/050_50.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\"\/><figcaption>Greek Air Force Photo Reconnaissance Phantom. Royal International Air Tattoo, UK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"178\" src=\"http:\/\/starry-side.com\/wpe\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/phantom-model-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\"\/><figcaption>IAF Magazine model which I built in the 1970&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first time I saw a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was in a black-and-white newsreel in a movie theater in the late 1960&#8217;s. 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