Tail close-up of "37+16". I was very glad to see that this beautiful F-4F Phantom II from WTD61 - still in its special c/s for "50 Jahre Flugerprobung" - was still preserved in good condition at Manching.
Nose close-up of "37+16". I was very glad to see that this beautiful F-4F Phantom II from WTD61 - still in its special c/s for "50 Jahre Flugerprobung" - was still preserved in good condition at Manching.
Dark clouds over the Phantom... I was very glad to see that this beautiful F-4F Phantom II from WTD61 - still in its special c/s for "50 Jahre Flugerprobung" - was still preserved in good condition at Manching.
WTD61 Phantom special schemes: it does not happen very often that the military places its aircraft on purpose on the runway so that they can be photographed from the outside. Thanks to the WTD crews for this special present!
was WTD61's workhorse for a very long time, and the last Phantom to fly around with the black radome - thus being called "Black Nose" - as it did not underwent the F-4F ICE upgrade programme.