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Posted on 5/7/26 at 3:03 pm to DesScorp
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The Tomcat was also a strange mix of what at the time were cutting edge digital tech coupled with old vacuum tube based analog gear
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Posted on 5/7/26 at 3:58 pm to Traveler
Traveler... A photo from that site. Poignant.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 4:03 pm to nuwaydawg
Yes it is. You can almost read his mind. When is this shite going to end?
Posted on 5/7/26 at 4:24 pm to nuwaydawg
Jolly Rogers, Oceana.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 4:32 pm to stelly1025
Oceana, east coast fighter town
Their sister squadron was VF-41, the Black Aces. Both were deployed on the Nimitz early Med cruises.
Their sister squadron was VF-41, the Black Aces. Both were deployed on the Nimitz early Med cruises.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 5:16 pm to Traveler
Posted on 5/7/26 at 5:33 pm to Saint Alfonzo
Tomcat got the publicity (Top Gun) but the Hornet was my favorite on the Constellation.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 5:38 pm to morganwadefan
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Tomcat got the publicity (Top Gun)
Before that The Final Countdown had some nice shots of the tomcat.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 7:00 pm to Wraytex
Man the planes in final countdown were sexy. They were shining like a diamond. Must've been fresh out the paint booth.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 7:05 pm to Giantkiller
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the Tomcat is now very old and shitty
Yea, it is.
Operation and maintenance concerns aside, it would still be a formidable performer. It had very long legs, tons of range, tons of radar, tons of payload.
The hornet is better. Its cheaper and more reliable. But, the tomcat is a big arse boat. Its good at what it was designed for.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 7:09 pm to morganwadefan
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Tomcat got the publicity (Top Gun) but the Hornet was my favorite on the Constellation.
I worked on Tomcats for more than a dozen years, did five deployments on aircraft carriers for that job, taught Tomcat school, went through Hornet school, worked on Hornets a little bit. Needless to say, I always preferred Tomcats.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 7:12 pm to boxcarbarney
Posted on 5/8/26 at 4:39 pm to boxcarbarney
Husband was a Jolly Roger back in the mid ‘90s. He recently put together a concept album of F-14 songs (with the help of suno - hey, he’s a naval aviator, not a professional musician) about some of his experiences in the Tomcat. Mostly did it for nostalgia and to entertain some old Tomcat buddies, but a few of you F-14 fans here might get a kick out of it too.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 6:46 pm to boxcarbarney
Tamiya 1/32 scale is the answer.
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Posted on 5/8/26 at 6:52 pm to boxcarbarney
They need to make as many of those as possible airworthy and preserve the rest. Think about how many Corsairs there are now. Or P-47 Thunderbolts. Etc. We need to keep as many copies of that beautiful lady as we can. SR-71 too.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 10:26 pm to EZVictor
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Husband was a Jolly Roger back in the mid ‘90s. He recently put together a concept album of F-14 songs
Im just a plane nerd and the Tomcat is one of my favorites. That album is awesome. Crazy that i understand most of the references and lingo.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 10:37 pm to Zakatak
I was an AE with A-4s....Then A-7s....My squadron was transitioning to FA-18s and I decided to get out. I never did a lot with the 18s.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 10:14 am to Zakatak
Thanks - I’ll pass that on to him. I’m sure he’ll appreciate that F-14 enthusiasts are enjoying it, too. I wasn’t sure non-aviators would “get” a lot of it - glad some of it was able to transcend. He has 1000+ hours in the tomcat as a RIO and 2500+ hrs in it as a pilot, so a lot of the lingo is fighter pilot specific. The whole thing is based on his personal experiences - even the “Better Lucky Than Good” song - (which actually did happen to him…and yes, he still has that patch).
Posted on 5/9/26 at 10:30 am to Traveler
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F-14A. Make sure it comes with a couple of spare engines.
TF-30 worked just fine in our USAF F-111F’s
Maybe if you guys stop getting them into flat spins they wouldn’t compressor stall out……
:)
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