Megastructures Breakdown

[Ansett A330]

At least one person here might be interested in the "Megastructures Breakdown" episode advertised for tonight (and probably repeated over the next few days):

"The F-4 Phantom has flown in air Force squadrons in the US, Europe, and Asia. The breakdown process takes two and a half months and is fraught with danger."

It is or should I say was a Luftwaffe F-4F by the looks of it.

[Cap'n Wannabe]

It'd probably give him nightmares for a month!

[Ansett A330]

Well if that one didn't break someone's heart on here then this one will break someone else on here's heart :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_rNGBbWiQ

Wonder if they'll play that one on FTA?

[Ansett A330]

Oh and by the way FTA stands for Free To Air and not Futuna Vanuatu.

[hrtpaul]

Seen it before. Quite interesting and also very sad

[Ansett A330]

Thought it might have been a bit dated as the Luftwaffe got rid of their last Phantoms in 2013(?) and the Program made out the parts were being used in Luftwaffe Aircraft still in service.

Bit like the Program they recently showed on the scrapping of the USS Savannah (AOR-4) Oiler. It was scrapped in 2009/10 so maybe this was made around the same time.

[Graeme H]

Yes I think it is much better they turn them into drones, and blow them up

Sort of like a Viking funeral

[Ansett A330]

I thought it was funny that the Controllers don't like to see them shot down at least not on the first couple of runs whereas of course the F-15 Pilot wanted to see it damaged so he could gun it down but in the end the Controller destructed it.

[DesTROYer]

Have you seen the Abrams episode? It's actually and Australian Abrams that gets stripped down, upgraded and returned to new.

[Ansett A330]

Have you seen the Abrams episode? It's actually and Australian Abrams that gets stripped down, upgraded and returned to new.

*** Red Alert! Red Alert! Union Demarcation Issue - that's Megafactories/Ultimate Factories this is Megastructures Breakdown! ***

But yes did note that in the Abrams Episode of Megafactories/Ultimate Factories especially the "Roo".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8uFVKmAj5o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4CLaBMfVU