Real USAF F4 Phantom, It could be yours!

[Troll4Hire]

Good Luck

 

[thehstrybean]

There is an airport 3 minutes from my house...wonder if it would fit in my garage...

 

[sciencewhiz]

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

 

[biggestmuff]

Yeah, can't be flown. The drawing is in July 2008 and you have 45 days to pick it up. That'd be a tight schedule.

 

[Troll4Hire]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

That's why you go Soviet!

 

[jammur21]

A few years ago I remember reading about some guy who bid on a F-18 Hornet at a gov't scrap metal auction. Somebody screwed up and forgot to cut up all the pieces of the disassembled jet. After 5 years or so he was able to piece it all back together.

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[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

That's why you go Soviet!

Yea cuz in Soviet Russia, plane flies YOU!

 

[PaperclipGod]

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

I dont know how true that is, i've read a few articles about people who privately own F104 starfighters.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: PaperclipGod

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

I dont know how true that is, i've read a few articles about people who privately own F104 starfighters.

They probably bought those Starfighters from other countries.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

That's why you go Soviet!

Just as a general question, how would one get their hands on a operational Yak-38?

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

That's why you go Soviet!

Just as a general question, how would one get their hands on a operational Yak-38?

More like how would you ever get training on how to fly it?

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

That's why you go Soviet!

Just as a general question, how would one get their hands on a operational Yak-38?

More like how would you ever get training on how to fly it?

If it is anything like the harrier, it has a tendencey to cleanse the gene pool quite nicley!

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

That's why you go Soviet!

QFT

 

[Troll4Hire]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

That's why you go Soviet!

Correto-mundo! That is the reason why billionaires all own Soviet MIGS and why you can no longer buy any thing newer than B-29, P51, etc.

 

[Troll4Hire]

Originally posted by: jammur21
A few years ago I remember reading about some guy who bid on a F-18 Hornet at a gov't scrap metal auction. Somebody screwed up and forgot to cut up all the pieces of the disassembled jet. After 5 years or so he was able to piece it all back together.

outdated link

I remember that story, the US government was having a fit over what he was doing. He almost had it flightworthy and the feds radied his home, captured the jet, and put it in a salvage heap to be destroied. So much for our own right to bear arms.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

Sorry no 6's in stock, how about a nice Hind?

Or do you want to play TC from Magnum PI that bad ?

 

[Troll4Hire]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: PaperclipGod

Originally posted by: Troll4Hire

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

PRIZE. One (1) Grand Prize: a museum quality F-4C Phantom Jet. The Jet has been decommissioned by the U.S. military, is not in working order, and may not be flown.

1950's goverment regulations banned private ownership of flyable former US military aircraft. I think this applies to fixed wing only. But it might also cover choppers, (Id love to get a Used (UH-6 little bird.) I am not too sure how far it extends but I am sure with out a doubt that the law covers fighers and bombers.

I dont know how true that is, i've read a few articles about people who privately own F104 starfighters.

They probably bought those Starfighters from other countries.

Either they were foreign or were Pre-ban Starfighters.

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: jammur21
A few years ago I remember reading about some guy who bid on a F-18 Hornet at a gov't scrap metal auction. Somebody screwed up and forgot to cut up all the pieces of the disassembled jet. After 5 years or so he was able to piece it all back together.

outdated link

This reminds me of the time when I lived back in florida.... some crazy flew up into the US with a Russian MiG.... don't remember the exact designation, but I think he was looking for live missiles, and had placed an ad in a Fl. newspaper looking for them, and that's how they caught him. The jet was stored at Homestead AFB and a bunch of the airforce guys stripped the aircraft before the AF could claim it.

I recall my dad told me he visited the hanger where command had put up a sign near the jet that said no charges would be brought if all the missing pieces turned back up, and needless to say, they did.

 

[dakels]

wow that Hind sale is amazing. Seems really cheap too in working condition.

Whats the deal with this stuff and military jets? Can civilians buy miltary aircraft and fly it in most western countries? I would think there must be some sort of special international laws over the public flying of military jets of a certain time frame.

 

[uberman]

What kind of armaments does it have? If I get one I want lots of armaments.

 

[blert]

*some restrictions apply....... still better than a pink flamingo for a lawn ornament...

 

[Demon-Xanth]

"This F-4C Phantom ll is intended for static display only!!
It is not operational and may not be flown."

...I knew it. It's a refurb!

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
"This F-4C Phantom ll is intended for static display only!!
It is not operational and may not be flown."

...I knew it. It's a refurb!

No warranty either

 

[JDMnAR1]

Too bad it is grounded, my dad would love it. While I don't think he ever flew the -C model, it shouldn't be too different from the -E and -G models that he spent years flying.