• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

How is Norma?

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A sweet grandmother telephoned St. Joseph's Hospital. She timidly asked, "Is it
possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?" The
operator said, "I'll be glad to help, dear. What's the name and room number
of the patient?"

The grandmother in her weak, tremulous voice said,
"Norma Findlay, Room 302." The operator replied, "Let me put you on hold
while I check with the nurse's station for that room."After a few minutes,
the operator returned to the phone and said, "I have good news. Her nurse
just told me that Norma is doing well.. Her blood pressure is fine; her
blood work just came back normal and her physician, Dr.. Cohen has
scheduled her to be discharged tomorrow."

The grandmother said, "Thank you. That's wonderful. I
was so worried. God bless you for the good news." The operator replied,
"You're more than welcome.. Is Norma your daughter?"

The grandmother said, "No, I'm Norma Findlay in Room
302. No one tells me ****."
 
Hey Phantom.......by chance do ya got any pictures of T/N 66-8705
that you would be willing to post?
Andy :wavey:
 
navy2kcoupe said:
Hey Phantom.......by chance do ya got any pictures of T/N 66-8705
that you would be willing to post?
Andy :wavey:
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Here ya go.
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Wow, that's her. My name was on her canopy rail at Udorn RTAFB '70-'71. The crew chief lent her to me on occasion. Great to see she made it though the war. Where was this taken? Is she still around?
 
It just happens to be THE BEST LOOKING (jet powered) warbird of all time in my estimation.
I just really like aircraft, not a pilot or airframe/powerplant type, just fascinated by planes.
I really do prefer piston engined planes, especially round engined ones, but there's just
something about an F4 that makes it sinister looking no matter what angle you look at it from.
All in all, from what I've been able to read, it was one helluva weapons platform......
Andy
 
Joe Baugher also lists a July 1989 date for being withdrawn from service.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1966.html
66-8699/8786 McDonnell F-4D-32-MC Phantom
8699 (c/n 2451) to AMARC as FP0608 Feb 8, 1991.
8700 (c/n 2455) to AMARC as FP0226 Mar 14, 1989.
8701 to Korea in 1987/88
8704 w/o Jan 10, 1968, Vietnam
8705 (c/n 2467) to AMARC as FP0276 July 11, 1989.
8706 w/o Jan 16, 1968, Vietnam
8709 (c/n 2478) to AMARC as FP0164 Oct 6, 1988
8710 (c/n 2481) to AMARC as FP0222 Mar 3, 1989
but I believe that "to AMARC" means that it was transfered to AMARC
(Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Center - read "scrapyard"),
and most probably either destroyed or cannablized.
Andy

Andy
 
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Phantom said:
That it was. It kept me safe for 165 missions in Vietnam. I'd have one in my garage if it'd fit.
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Yeah, I'd like to have one too, but I do believe that it uses a bit more fuel
than my Vette, so I probably wouldn't be "driving" it much, if at all.
Andy
 
F-4's were the first acft. I worked on at Kadena after tech. school, most of them fresh from Vietnam. What a great airplane, although not for maintenance folks.;) One of our jets was 7463 which I believe was Capt. Richies airplane. It still had the red stars in front of the left intake.:thumbsup:
 
An awesome fighter! I hated to hear about them being retired. I was stationed at Kadena AFB, Okinawa, and they were plentiful in the 70's. A buddy of mine credits the F4 with saving his (and his crew's) life. He was on a P-3 Orion (submarine hunter) off the coast of Vietnam and radar alerted them that a SAM had been launched on them. An alert, nearby F4 pilot picked up on it and went WOT between the P-3 and where the missile was coming from, drawing the missile (heatseeking) to his F4. Joe said the F4 just outran the SAM! Needless to say, Joe bought that pilot a case of whatever his favorite beverage was when they got back to the base.

I know they used quite a few as remote controlled drones, blowing them out of the air during missile test, the F4 being the recipient....seems an ungracious way of saying "thank you" for all their stellar years of service....but, this is the gov. we're talking about.

I went to St. Petersburg airport, (Florida) back in 1993 with a friend, airplane shopping. While we were there, we went to an avionics repair facility to check records on a plane he was looking at. Inside the hanger bay was a MIG 21 (I believe), fully restored, looking like new! I'm sure it cost a mint to do that! Made me wonder what else the MIG owner might have had in his collection?!
 
Yeah, I seemed to hijack it right at the get go.
Sorry for that guys...................
We now return you to your regularly scheduled posts!
Andy :wavey:
 
Shadow,
I know this discussion got off track and I willingly contributed. If required, please move it to another area or delete it. I probably should have been carrying on this discussion with Navy2kcoupe by PM.

Sorry 85vette.
Phantom
 
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