![]() ![]() It is being offered for sale As Is, Where Is. ![]() Never demilled, BuNu 145310 has been under restoration to airworthy condition for the past 10 years by Aircraft Restoration Services LLC at the French Valley Airport, CA. BuNu 145310 last saw use in September 1964 when the Navy retired their test aircraft. With a total of 5,195 built, the F-4 is the most numerous US supersonic jet ever built. Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Combat Aircraft F-4 Phantom II: United States: fighter-bomber: F-4E: 48: upgraded to the F-4 Terminator 2020 by IAI: F-16 Fighting Falcon: United States. Ron Elvis King of the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1, when he led the. Only the cockpit portion of the simulator is displayed here. Below is a list of current aircraft in the Turkish Air Force. Later, during a weapons test, BuNu 145310 had part of the undercarriage door and pylon were burnt by a Sidewinder missile and later that year, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The cockpit of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, flown by Lt. The record setting airframe, 145307 is currently in storage at the National Air and Space Museum’s Paul Garber facility in Maryland. The maximum height reached during this record was 125 feet, hence the name “Project Sageburner”. On August 28, 1961, BuNo 145307 (sister ship to 145310) set a new low-altitude speed record at an average speed of 902.760 mph over a 3 km course at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Operation “Sageburner” was sanctioned to set a new low-altitude speed record. Navy to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of U.S. In August 1961, 145310 was one of three F4H-1F Phantom II’s used by the U.S. This demonstration was the deciding factor for the United States Air Force to also order the aircraft. On 22nd April 1961, it carried a very impressive 22 Mk83 500lb bombs on various hardpoints under the aircraft and dropped them on a range at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. F4H-1F ‘145310’ was delivered to the Navy in 1959 and was the 11th pre-production aircraft built. ![]()
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