F-4J Blue Angels sim

updated - Aug 4th

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An Authentic US Navy Link 1967 F-4J Phantom II simulator. The Blue Angels begain flying the F-4J Phantom in 1968 and the Phantom is still the largest and fastet fighter to be flown by the team.

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F-4 PHANTOM LINKS &INFO

BLUE ANGELS ALUMNI

Once the canopy closes the cockpit then comes alive with real moving instruments and you know that you are in for a flight of a lifetime! Countless Navy pilots sat in this very seat in training for the F-4 Phantom. This sim features many functional instruments and is continually being upgraded. Dont forget, the people outside of the sim see your every move on the external viewing monitor!

We'll make you feel like you are on the Blue Angels flightline...

2009 EVENTS

PHOTOS

We are proud members of the following organizations,

The 2009 Kansas Museum of Military History Fly-Off Contest was a great success!

The sim operates at first event with new projector visuals!!
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Visiting the Wichita area?Come fly the simulators! (501) 620 6004

About Us



	A bit of interservice rivalry played a part in the selection of the F-4 Phantom by the Blue Angels. By 1969, the United States was deep into its involvement in Vietnam, and most front-line aircraft were needed by the active combat squadrons. But at the time, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds were beginning to use the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Lt. Commander William Wheat argued that the Phantom had originally been designed and built for and had been deployed first by the Navy and, therefore, it was unfair for the Department of Defense to allow the Air Force to use the Phantom for its flight demonstration team, but not the Navy. Washington agreed to look into the matter and found six Phantoms at NAS Oceana, Virginia, which were assigned to the "Blue Angels." With their raw power and thundering, flame-belching afterburners, the Phantoms were real crowd pleasers. A favorite maneuver, which was impossible in all previous aircraft flown by the "Blues," was the Dirty Loop, in which the Phantom took off, left the gear and flaps down, and climbed directly into a loop. The team took their Phantoms to the Far East in 1971 and to Europe in 1973. But the high cost of fuel because of the oil crisis of the early 1970s and a series of three tragic accidents in 1972 and 1973 resulted in the "Blue Angels" leaving the Phantoms by 1974.