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Published: 2009-06-14 07:03:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1020; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 0
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A USAF F-4 Phantom makes a pass with the arresting hook down. A lot of Air Force fighters have hooks, but none are as robust as the one on the Phantom.Nellis AFB. Aviation Nation, 2007.
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Thanks. I'm just pleased any of these turned out, even a little. That was the latest I'd ever been at an airshow. It was the 60th of the USAF, and they were flying until about 6:00pm. It was the first airshow I'd ever been to that the Thunderbirds were not the closing act.
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No there isn't. Did you know the hook alone weighs 1,000 lbs?
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That sounds about right. That thing is BEEFY!
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They have a Phantom (final prototype) at the museum I used to volunteer at. I got that little statistic from someone who flew Phantoms during the Vietnam War.
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