For BG Olds.....

[+Dave 2,322]

S!

[Rambler 1-1 9]

whoa... I actually get it!

 

S

[sparkomatic 7]

- 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 2,322]

- 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.

[sparkomatic 7]

I cant leave Crossfield off that list

[GwynO 16]

S!

 

<S>

 

Is that a single seat F-4?

[FalconC45 162]

<S>

 

Is that a single seat F-4?

 

Nope. Second canopy is closed.

 

Falcon

[+Jug 99]

I cant leave Crossfield off that list

 

Wasn't Scott a civilian test pilot?

[sugarblues 0]

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 7]

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 643]

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?

[sparkomatic 7]

nope...it languishes at the Zoo...outside

[Viggen 643]

nope...it languishes at the Zoo...outside

 

 

 

Can I see a picture of this...this...

[column5 63]

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 7]

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 7]

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 7]

actually, this made me check this out:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._DeBellevue

[+Dave 2,322]

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 7]

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