F-4 PHANTOM II WALKAROUND 1968 MCDONNELL AIRCRAFT FILM XD28085
Video from the channel PeriscopeFilm about McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 14:04. Language: English. Video type: Archive footage.
What it shows
A McDonnell Aircraft film in which Bob Little, former chief test pilot and the man who flew the Phantom II's maiden flight, walks around a United States Air Force F-4C. Along the way he explains:
- the large J79 air intakes and the titanium and stainless steel rear fuselage; - the 45° swept wing and the upturned wingtips, designed for lateral stability above Mach 2; - the variable intake ramp, which operates from Mach 1.4; - the boundary layer control flaps, the combined aileron-spoiler system and the airbrakes; - the stabilizer with 23° of negative dihedral, the Inconel X arresting hook, the drag parachute and the folding wing.
When and where it was filmed
According to the title, it is a 1968 McDonnell film. It combines ground walkaround and cockpit footage with in-flight scenes, including the type's maiden flight.
Context
Little was then heading the F-4C and RF-4C program, whose aircraft were rolling off the line to Tactical Air Command. He gives figures of about 58 feet in length, 28,500 lb empty weight, 34,000 lb of afterburning thrust and the Westinghouse APQ-100 radar.