sparkomatic Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 - a man after my own heart...hated by the "establishment", married a movie star, and a true "maverick" (as in free thinker not some movie character)... - what a tactician! - such a shame he never finished his bio...guess he was too busy living life up to the end
+Dave Posted December 30, 2007 Author Posted December 30, 2007 - a man after my own heart...hated by the "establishment", married a movie star, and a true "maverick" (as in free thinker not some movie character)... - what a tactician! - such a shame he never finished his bio...guess he was too busy living life up to the end Him and Yeager will always be my heros.
FalconC45 Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 <S> Is that a single seat F-4? Nope. Second canopy is closed. Falcon
Jug Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 I cant leave Crossfield off that list Wasn't Scott a civilian test pilot?
sugarblues Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 Yes - but Crossfield started out in the Navy... back to the topic, BG Olds... one of the finest men the USAF ever had... for all the reasons listed above and more! SB
sparkomatic Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 given the USAF's disdain for heroes, I am surprised they put that one in the museum...must have slipped by the curator and we all know what happened to the highest scoring Phantom...it should be there instead
Viggen Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 given the USAF's disdain for heroes, I am surprised they put that one in the museum...must have slipped by the curator and we all know what happened to the highest scoring Phantom...it should be there instead Highest scoring Phantom? What happened? QF-4?
Viggen Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 nope...it languishes at the Zoo...outside Can I see a picture of this...this...
+column5 Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 given the USAF's disdain for heroes, I am surprised they put that one in the museum...must have slipped by the curator and we all know what happened to the highest scoring Phantom...it should be there instead Similar to the bru-ha-ha surrounding the restoration of the Enola Gay I suppose. Can't let anyone know that we were ever successful at anything.
sparkomatic Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 Can I see a picture of this...this... Follow this link... http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/viet/jacksonf4d.htm tells the story...then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy it sits in the Terrazzo, near the Dining Facility (mess hall...I know...it sounds ghey) actually there is a very excellent skin of "66-7463" for SFP1, before anyone asks
sparkomatic Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 insult to injury...she is not even identified correctly: F-4D-29-MC 66-7463 SEP95 COLORADO SPRINGS (CO) AS '61699' per http://www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/phantom.htm
sparkomatic Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 actually, this made me check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._DeBellevue
+Dave Posted January 2, 2008 Author Posted January 2, 2008 actually, this made me check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._DeBellevue We did hid retirement parade at Lackland a few years ago.
sparkomatic Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 awesome, he spoke at a dining in we had (and I was the president of the mess...man that SUCKED, being the POTM, that is). Actually a very entertaining speaker
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