PRECISION - correct 3 ⅛ and 2 ¼ inch analog gauges, Bendix ALT, APN155 radar ALT, Kollsman ASI/Mach, Missile status, 'Dog bone' weapon / station selector, Side 5.75 inch auxiliaries include: APX-72 IFF, Collins ARN-153 TACAN, and ARN82 VOR/marker. AUTHENTIC - researched from actual aircraft and original designs. EASY - one step, no stress, print and ready. CDkit is presented in Professional PNG picture format for superior printed results on paper, metal foil, plastic, or fabric. CDkit is Designed for Aircraft Fabricators, Collectors, Publishers, Developers, and Radio Control aircraft. Airtime Publishing, 1992.F4 Phantom CDkit CDkit is a collection of Museum quality Aircraft Cockpit Instrument Panel and Avionic Graphics on Computer Disk. McDonnell F-4 Phantom: Spirit in the Skies. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume II, Rene J. Their subsequent history is largely unknown, although rumors suggest that least one of them has been lost in action. The modified aircraft were returned to the Israeli Air Force in 1976-77. The three planes carried US civil registration numbers based on their military serials (N97576, N97570, and N97567). The flight test program began on Novemand was carried out in high secrecy. USAF serials of the three aircraft were 69-7567, 7570, and 7576. In the interest of security, a false black radome was painted on the nose. The three aircraft were also fitted with datalink, Elta IFF and UHF, and formation-keeping strip lights. Behind the HIAC-1 camera was a vertical KS-87 camera. Three Israeli Air Force Block-44 F-4Es (among them 69-7576) were converted to a special high-speed reconnaissance configuration by replacing the F-4E radar and gun installation with a new nose containing the HIAC-1 66-inch focal length long range oblique photography camera. However, this program eventually fell through because of the high cost and because of fears on the part of US State Department officials about the export of an aircraft with such an advanced performance.įollowing the collapse of the F-4X project, a less-ambitious project known as the F-4E(S) was undertaken. Israel loaned an IDF/AF F-4E (USAF serial 69-7576) to General Dynamics as a mockup for the project. At first, an extremely advanced aircraft known as the F-4X was envisaged, one which was to have special water injection propulsion system which had the potential of achieving a Mach 3+ performance. In the interest of achieving an acceptably high performance in an aircraft carrying the HIAC-1, Israel had launched a project known as Peace Jack in collaboration with General Dynamics and the USAF. Such pods had been developed for the USAF RF-4C, but they were still so large and bulky that they imposed an unacceptably severe performance penalty. In later years, slimmed-down variants of this camera became available which could be carried in pods small enough to fit underneath fighter aircraft such as the F-4 Phantom. However, this camera was originally so large and bulky that it could only be carried aboard the Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F. Information on the F-4E(S) program borrowed from "Israel had long expressed an interest in acquiring the HIAC-1 high-altitude camera for use in keeping a close eye on its Arab neighbors. This 1970's F-4E(S) Phantom instrument panel is in the collection of a friend of AeroAntique.
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