re: Story behind a famous Navy flyby

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I'm not sure if there are anymore active F-14 squadrons, but when I was in (got out in 09) I was pissed I never got to see one in the air. Pretty much all F-18s and F-4s

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My father was an engineer for Grumman

Each year they would have a company picnic in Calverton, NY where all the Grumman aircraft would put on a private air show.

We are talking everything from vintage Hellcats to E-2's, X-29's and F-14's

My dad loved that company and it crushed his soul when they started closing down in the early 90's. To this day I don't think he has truly recovered from it.

The rampant corruption in defense contracting claimed one of the great american aeronautical companies as they were later acquired for pennies on the dollar.