The footage features USAF F-4 and RF-4 Phantom IIs flying extremely low with J79 noise (along with some spectacular sonic booms)…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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- Cold War Era
Former F-4 Phantom Driver tells the story of an Exhilarating Mach 2 Test Flight
by Dario Leone‘We are supersonic and still accelerating, the maniacal engines will not be denied. With nothing else to do, I watch the…
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
REMEMBERING THE F-16/79, THE LOW-COST VIPER POWERED BY THE J79 TURBOJET ENGINE
by Dario LeoneTest pilots reported that the F-16/79 demonstrated the same 9G capability of the basic F-16, but the former seemed to perform…
