Phantom Friday: this RAF Phantom FGR.2 going vertical over West Gemany in 1987 [900x1350)
Posted Nov 4, 2023, 2:37 AM UTC
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The phantom with the best thrust to weight ratio I believe
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Production Phantom, yes. The Spey were more powerful, but the changes to the fuselage to fit them meant they were also some of the slowest Phantoms.
Israel was developing the Super Phantom, which had F100 derived engines that would have given it thrust equivalent to the F-18 Hornet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aePzMZbImNU
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Lol you beat me to it about the Super Phantom!
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RR Spey for the win.
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Well technically it was that Super Phantom that the Israelis built in the late 80's with engines from a F-16 and updated avionics. https://youtu.be/aePzMZbImNU?si=EaaE7PQCCjpTKk1s
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man I love phantom phriday
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Hell yeah
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92 squadron bird, would of been based out of wildenrath.
Sadly this one was scrapped in 1991
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The British Phantoms are the best looking change my mind
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This image shows XV480, a Phantom FGR.2 in RAF service, belonging to 92 Squadron. The photographer is uncredited and the image is taken from an aviation collection stored on Flickr. It was taken some time in 1987 over Gemany, when the squadron was based at RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia.