A fighter pilot I treated two years ago retired by then had flown
everything from the early 70's through the current stuff... When I asked him
which he thought was the best, or the most fun to fly, without hesitation he
said, "D model Phantom... Hands down the best... And even today, in a low
altitude gunfight I can scare the crap out of an F15 driver, with one..."

Read this account:
"That was impressive to us; but, on the return trip, we executed a high
performance takeoff from the underused air station. Again, staying in
afterburner, we took off, maintained about 20 feet off the ground until the
end of the runway. We had gone 8000 feet horizontally and our speed was more
than 500 knots. Pulling up hard, we climbed almost straight up. A short time
after clearance to take off, the controller told us to call passing 2500
feet. My answer: 'You're a little late. We just passed 22000 feet.' He
asked; 'What kind of aircraft?' 'A Foxtrot 4' I replied. His answer came
back 'WOW!' It truly was a ball to fly." - Al Lehman



denny

"Jay Honeck" wrote I guess that leaves the F-4
Phantom?