Phantom Memories - Searching for Thunderbird F-4Es
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This book chronicles my exciting motorcycle trip to visit all of the nine remaining F-4E Phantom II fighter aircraft that were assigned to the Thunderbird Squadron during my two year tour with the team in 1970-1972. The trip covered nearly 8,000 miles on two wheels from coast to coast through 16 states. Filled with over 85 color pictures on high quality paper, the book details the vistas, events and thoughts that constantly bombarded my senses along the way. It also contains inside information about events never before told as well as significantly more detail than I could ever include in the journals while on the road.

The words on the back cover, shown here, provide a summary of what you will find on the pages of this book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional detail, including the first twenty pages of the book, is HERE.  You can review my other books by going to www.yourbook.com and searching the authors option for Younglove.

Here's what those who have read this book are saying:

"I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed your book!  I sat here by the pool on Sunday and couldn't put it down..."

"The book is great and you tell the story so well that it feels like I was right with you on the trip.  1 plus!!  A quality job by a quality person."

"It is a great adventure and a wonderful descriptive by an author who has the knack of putting you right in the saddle such that you can enjoy, as we did, ALL the miles and smiles of friends and all that this great country of ours has to offer. How beautiful it is in all it's majesty!"

"Great writing, great stories, It is a beautiful publication, quality paper, great photos, quality printing and finish work.... Outstanding all the way around."

"I just finished reading about your ride -- felt as though I was riding with you all the way. Actually, was kind of sad when you and Jake parted company as you neared the trail's end. Great story of a great trip -- great tribute to the Thunderbirds, but greater tribute to our Country and to those of us who served to protect that greatness."

Phantom Memories is 296 pages with more than 85 color images on 50 color pages.  All nine remaining Thunderbird F-4Es are included in both their "Then" and "Now " appearances.  Inside information about the pilots who flew these aircraft and stories about my flights in the backseat with them are also included. It is printed on high quality paper such as that used in yearbooks.

The following is page 76 and is a partial recount about my ride on an instrument landing with the Number Two pilot, Bob Jackson, in Alaska:

... Landing System (ILS), but ‘Hands’ allowed me to listen in to the conversations as the demos worked their way one-by-one through the heavy cloud cover down to the runway at Elmendorf AFB outside Anchorage, Alaska.
      As I remember, it was all hands on the controls for ‘Hands’ Jackson. He was directed to a distance and elevation that would not conflict with the other aircraft. They were directed to locations and altitudes as well for the same reason. Then all were directed to circle in their assigned spaces in the sky and the troops on the ground began bringing them down precisely and meticulously. On his turn to land, ‘Hands’ worked the aircraft through the murky atmosphere in response to calls from the ground and his feedback from the instruments and the ILS. On occasion he would inform me of his actions with crisp comments such as “we’ll turn left now” and “going to start the glide”. But the most enjoyable comment was the cryptic statement: “Shit hot! This is exciting!” And I could almost see his sparkling blue eyes as he asked me: “You enjoying yourself back there?”
      We broke out of the gray clouds and could see the sheets of falling rain and the wet runway only a scant distance ahead of and below us. Ground Control, the ILS, and ‘Hands’ Jackson brought us down as though in bright sunshine. After that, it was just a matter of parking, getting out of the aircraft quickly in the rain and running for cover under the wing of the Commander/Leader’s aircraft as we waited for the others to arrive.
      Now I am once again looking at this same aircraft under cloudy, rain laden skies in Athens, Tennessee, and reliving that past excitement. I want to run the bike on the grass for a photo with the airplane but I want to respect any unknown rules about doing so. Therefore, I knock on the door of the nearby Post to request permission. The Post isn't scheduled to ...

This next image is page 179 and displays tail number 66-286 as it was then and is now:

 

The book is available from me for $22.95 which includes over $3.00 in packaging and postage costs. 

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