<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 December 2013 05:03, geneb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geneb@deltasoft.com" target="_blank">geneb@deltasoft.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013, Roy Coates wrote:<br>
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What on earth is a "black bunny" F-4?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Google is your fiend dear Sir. I think it was a naval test squadron that had all their F4's painted black, with a hefner style bunny on the tail.<br>
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> Phantom stuff is uber-rare here in the UK too.<br>
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Swing by Germany. I suspect there's a TON laying around there. :)<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div>Don't know about Germany but the agreement we had with the US was that all Phantom's would be destroyed after use. Video footage proving each airframes destruction was required. I know a guy whose company crushed and dismembered many F-4's - it made him cry.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">A few slipped the net but usually only as parts. Funnily enough, a complete airframe came up for auction about 2 months ago. I believe the cockpit was stripped and both engines were missing. It sold for $32,000 at auction.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Roy.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>