F-4 Phantom Takeoff With Afterburners

A F-4 Phantom taking off.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• F-4
• Phantom
• taking
• off
• military
• jets
• awesome
• cool

[PhantomNightHawk]

Please leave a comment and rate!

[AirCargoHeavy]

The F4 Phantom is the coolest thing in the history of the world.

[justforever96]

Ahhh, good ole' J79 power. Gotta love it. The Phantom is such a FAST looking jet, even with that mean-looking cannon taped on the front. It may not be as fast or manueverable as the newer generations, but it's fast enough for me!

[ronarmjr]

I will never forget the signature sound of the J-79 power.

[Porty1119]

More maneuverable than an F-35. I kid you not. The USAF seriously needs to look at zero-timing and modernizing ~140 of these birds to replace non-AESA Golden Eagles. The thing will still be flying in 2040 and later if we care to do gradual LO modifications.

[ToonandBBfan]

The F-4 Phantom had some power and was a real good climber

[dougbcoll]

that's great reminds me of when i worked on phantom's back in the 80's . seam's like it never got old watching them take off & land. i lived a mile from the end of the runway i could set and watch them getting airbourn in my living room window seeing them in burner flying over. i could not hear what was playing on the TV till they past over. lol i miss those days!

[hundvonkrieg]

saw one of those do a demo at nellis afb this year with the air show. It was awsome watching that led sled mush around in the turns. it was louder than the F-22 lol

[BBQFanNo1]

the caf c-130 hercules jato demo close up i remember was even louder than the fat albert jato demo.

[BBQFanNo1]

the f-14 tomcat,f-4 phantom,and raf tornado were my favorite fighters for take off. the b1 lancer bomber,raf concorde and raf vulcan bomber were my favorite larger jetcraft for take off.

the raf olympus vulcan bombers actually had 4 rolls royce afterburning engines like the concorde up in service until 1965.

[airbats801]

My old man worked on them back veitnam at saigon airbase around tet, said it was the most amazing thing watching them take off with afterburners then shoot straight up on combat missions. He never had a complaint working on them.

[dumbshitaward]

@123456789mischief

Hence the saying that the Americans proved that even a brick can fly if the engines are powerful enough. Don't know anybody from the German Luftwaffe (they're actually still flying that thing) who doesn't complain about the F-4 in some way or another but at the end of the day everybody still loves it. Most positive thing I ever heard was: "Well, at least it's technically mature by now..."

[123456789mischief]

@theironfreak Can't argue that. it was a leap forward for its time though. not sure who said it  a designer or pilot but they said (sarcsticly) that there would be no aerodynamic loss flying the jet sideways. Stil though, l love the machine.