Re: I'd like to see a Phantom on the airshow circuit
- From: TJ <yruxul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:02:55 -0700
On 18 Jun, 05:47, RapidRonnie <rapidron...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
With all the talk of women pilots in fighters, I think there's one
mission profile that would be ideal for some halfway decent looking
female with aerobatic competition and airshow display skills, of which
several exist: flying a loud warjet in airshows painted in bright
pretty corporate colors, like a stock car.
The cost would be several million dollars.....so what? One minute of
Superbowl time costs an advertiser how much? People pay WHAT for three
room apartments in Manhattan?
There are airframes available, the parts are there, the skills are
there (I figure four or five full time ground crew, at fifty grand a
year per plus per diem and stick time in the Baron or Navajo hack if
rated) and the publicity fairly cost effective.
The Phantom would be the best aircraft for this, because any later
Western airframe would be tough to get and because it's loud. Really
loud.
There still are Phantoms on the airshow circuit. One F-4D still flys
and the USAF itself painted some of the drones up in retro-schemes to
display at airshows.
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/Misc/F4dAirToAir/index.html
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/tx_f-4dphantom.htm
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