Phantom on Deck
Friday, April 23, 2010 at 6:13AM
Greg Jones in Aircraft, Airplane, Aviation, Aviation, F4, HDR, HDR, Midway, Midway, Museum, Museum, Phantom, San Diego, San Diego, Travel, Travel

Phantom on Deck, originally uploaded by big_pixel_pusher.

This is an amazingly restored McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter bomber on the flight deck of the USS Midway aircraft carrier museum which is located in San Diego bay. No longer in active service with the U.S. military, the Phantom was an all weather, two seat, twin engined aircraft used extensively during the Vietnam war. This aircraft is located in the landing area of the flight deck. A volunteer docent who was a former F-4 pilot with over 600 carrier landings was available to explain how Navy aircraft are recovered aboard.

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