![]() ![]() USAF McDonnell F-4D Phantom After gaining experience with the F-4C, the USAF decided upon modifications to the aircraft to enhance its air-to-ground capabilities without major structural modifications. Side view of Renzo's F-4C Phantom cockpit section. of 21 Front view of Renzo's F-4C Phantom cockpit section with main instrument panel. McDonnell F-4C, RF-4C, F-4D and F-4E Phantom II USAF aircraft cockpit instrume. mhtml:file://\\silo\Users\In\oyavuz\McDonnell F-4C, RF-4C, F-4D and F-4E Phantom. He is presently wiring the instruments to get all systems lighted. Renzo is working on the restoration of a beautiful F-4C cockpit section, which includes part of the windshield, the upper fuselage as well as the rudder pedals. A newspaper article about his museum was published in La Liberté Journal (in French). He can be contacted through the Villars-sur-Glâne web site (in French, with telephone number and e-mail address). Dave Garbe's restored F-4C Phantom cockpit main instrument panel F-4C cockpit project of Renzo Delnon In Switzerland, Renzo Delnon has turned his home in Villars-sur-Glâne into an aviation museum that is open to visitors after making an appointment. His progress is shown below in the F-4D section. F-4C panel restoration by Dave Garbe Dave has completed restoration of the F-4C panel below and is now working on restoring a complete F-4D nose section. of 21 Pierre's RF-4C Phantom cockpit main instrument panel. Photo of YRF-4C Phantom II prototype as displayed in a McDonnell Brochure of the early 1960s (Kindly made available by Daniel Lehmann (see ). ![]() RF-4C panel from Pierre Pierre is restoring an RF-4C panel and would like to know in anybody has the indicator/warming lights that go next to the Camera control panel in the lower left corner of his main pilot's instrument panel. These cockpits are also available on AVSIM. If you are looking for a high resolution F-4 Phantom cockpits for your flight simulator, check out his versions at CombatACE F-4C Hi-res Cockpit, CombatACE F-4D Hi-res Cockpit, and CombatACE F-4E Hi-res Cockpit. F-4C, F-4D and F-4E Phantom II high resolution cockpits for computer flight simulation Streak Eagle has designed very nice high resolution F-4C, D and E cockpits, that are partly based on the images shown below. of 21 F-4C Phantom II rear cockpit layout and instrument panel. F-4C Phantom II front cockpit layout and instrument panel. Click on the images to view larger versions. The images below show typical F-4C Phantom II cockpit layouts and instrument panels. Another restored F-4C instrument panel is shown on Dale's aircraft instrument panel pages. Bob Dwyer's web site shows very nice and detailed images of an F-4C instrument panel. General arrangement of the F-4C and F-4D. The production stopped in 1966 when 583 F-4Cs were built. The radar set consisted of a AN/APQ-100 radar and there was a AN/APA-157 intercept computer. It used two J79-GE15 engines and had a RAM air turbine. Tailhook, radome and hydraulic folding wings were retained. The aircraft was modified with larger tyres as compared to its Navy counterpart and the rear cockpit was reconfigured so that the rear-seat crewman could also fly the plane. The first F-4C prototype flew in May 1963 and production deliveries began in November 1963. of 21 McDonnell USAF F-4C, RF-4C, F-4D and F-4E Phantom II aircraft cockpit layouts and instrument panels The USAF F-4C Phantom The USAF tested the Navy F-4B in 1961 to see if it could serve as its main tactical fighter aircraft and decided to approve of a USAF version that was designated F-4C. ![]()
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