Author Topic: F-14s Over New York (Read 1257 times)

Morpheus · « **on:** June 16, 2006, 07:43:00 PM »

Put up some pics from the trip to Long Island Mars and I took where two F-14Ds from the Vf-31 Tomcatters returned home for their final farewell.

Truely an awsome plane.

Gallery

Morph

Hoarach · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2006, 09:20:37 PM »

hornet36 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2006, 09:36:31 PM »

used to love watching them launch at night from the carrier in zone 5 afterburner...awesome sight... ~~thanks for sharing~~

sharp8th · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2006, 12:27:36 AM »

Bodhi · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2006, 12:32:27 PM »

Thanks for posting those Jeff...

rod367th · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2006, 01:16:53 PM »

was out fishing with boy friday. had a warthog buzzing out bass boat for bout 30 mins we were at chippewa lake Michigan have no idea where this lone a10 came drom. stupid me left camcorder in truck. P.S my boy still catching big ones while i catch weeds. I hate 8 year olds

cav58d · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2006, 05:04:46 PM »

Morph....Woke up at 7 and it was terrible out...called flight service, and looked at radar and all indications pointed towards a chitty morning/early afternoon....went back to sleep and woke up at 11 and it was beautiful out! Im so pissed I miss it!

Do all F-14D's have partial glass?

Blixen · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2006, 05:34:21 PM »

those arent f-14`s looks like ht`s spit16:rofl

bkbandit · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2006, 02:55:43 AM »

are they still in service?? i though they were retired already. IN a year or 2 the navy should be getting f35. So then it will be the super hornets and the f35s.

animal42 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2006, 05:52:54 PM »

My dad would take me out to Calverton, when Grumman was Grumman and we would see them get test flighted. I'll never forget seeing the Tomcat standing on it's tials at what seemed to be 90 or 100 mph. Then the afterburners would light and it would climb away like a homesick angel. Damned sexy aircraft!

Morpheus · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2006, 06:47:33 PM »

whats sick about the D's is they dont need to light the burners for carrier take off's. They have that much snot.

US Gvt really dropped the ball when they cut funding to the F14D.

cav58d · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2006, 06:49:17 PM »

Homesick angel.....Animal...I think you just found the most perfect words to describe it!!!! I really like that!

bkbandit · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2006, 08:12:34 PM »

us goverment didnt drop the ball, the f/a18e is better. The f14 spends more then double the time in maintence then the f/a 18e. The f14 is great but she is gettin old, just like the f15 she needs to be replaced. The f14 has been out there for about 30 years.

Morpheus · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:50:36 PM »

Better how? You really insist on Hijacking this thread with your misunderstood magazine BS?

The F18 loiters longer? Carrys more? More what? Flys futher? Further how? Oh yeah, that's right... You read all that in a magazine.

The F18 isnt better. Its cheaper. And dont forget it.

EDIT: And, please, don't tell me that the F/A-18 is a "newer" design. Its origins can be tracked back to Northrop's P.530 design, drawn in the mid-1960s...

Bronk · « **Reply #14 on:** June 18, 2006, 10:05:46 PM »

While the F14 is a great AC. My fav USN jet fighter is this

Just something about it.

Bronk