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By: - 15th May 2020 at 03:55 Permalink
"World's only privately owned Phantom CAPABLE of flight".
Not the only civil Phantom...after all the Collings Foundation has been flying a F-4 for years. I'm sure some can...and will..quibble with their Phantom, owned by a foundation as "privately owned", but it isn't military or government owned.
By: - 15th May 2020 at 09:07 Permalink
It isn't capable of flight though, is it! It claims 85% complete, yet the pictures show big holes where things are missing - every panel is held on by one or two screws. Why would you paint it when you are that far out from flight? They want $4m for it, and the engines still need to be overhauled...
I think if you knocked a zero off you might be somewhere near.
By: - 15th May 2020 at 12:30 Permalink
Surely anything is 'capable of flight' - thus the phrase is meaningless. One could make a barn door fly given enough power and money!
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By: trumper - 16th April 2020 at 14:27
I see the only civilian F4 Phantom is up for sale https://www.primaryflightcontrol.com/aircraft-listing/id/496?fbclid=IwAR1Or0Yoe1Fr0ITnsisTClCmTDYva6d-ubXg-VRuJvb6WcmrVK1N-RbpmaA