Re: AFCA cheap imitation Summary for 09-May-08

"Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" <reunite.gondwana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
message news:6kq9241si45gd7hh1aorqdnh947nr7k4ce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Fri, 9 May 2008 08:06:07 -0600, "Glenn Dowdy"
> <glenn.no.dowdy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "Rick B. [summary]" <deepstblu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> >
>> > We blew a hole through an F-4 Phantom wing by having the vents clog.
It
>> > wasn't a tiny hole, either.
>> >
>> I didn't see this the first time, but There's Something About Mary that
>> makes this so easy to know the origin.
>
> There are times when I'm not entirely sure I wrote something that's
> been included in the Summary, but I have to admit this is not such a
> time.
>
> You know, I'm not the only person in the world who likes the Phantom
> or worked in aerospace, but there are long periods of time when I feel
> that way.

My favorite Phantom memory is at an airshow at Cannon AFB when I was a
kid. 
The Thunderbirds were performing during their F-4 days. I distinctly 
remember the very slow pass down the runway at what seemed to be about
200' 
AGL. Inverted. Loud like you wouldn't believe.

Glenn D.