Stephen- The Skippers that I had were Frog Allen, Bear Voght, BRBR

Wait a minute, we were in VF-33 at the same time, Allen was CO when I was
there, followed by Steve Phimister. John Voght took over as XO from Rabbit
Campbell in VF-151(?)..

Red Best was ComFitFud when I was XO of VX-4..he got me VF-126...

stephen Your 'snuffed A/B, compressor stall' cat shot, I assume was in an
F-4,
saw PLAT footage
of an '84 F-14 do the same, stall, roll inverted, aircrew punched (late)
vertically into water,
bird coming down on top of them. You've probably seen the same film. BRBR

Was 'the' training folm for the F-14 RAG as to what not to do if you lost an
engine on cat shot in the Turley'...

I just went off flat, RIO 'mentioned' for me to rotate, I pulled back and
promptly 'departed'' a wee bit and A/C made a really nice right turn across the
bow(I was on cat 3 r 4)...glad nobody was getting launched at the time. Lowered
nose, lots of left rudder and flew it away, while 'Boss and CO was harping on
the UHF about crossing the stinkin' bow...

My big chance to blow off the centerline and all the missiles(2Aim-7/2 Aim-9,
centerline)...but didn't..that came later in VF-151, with F-4S....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer