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October 24th 06, 07:37 PM
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Tomcat in Air and Space Museum
I was out at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space
Museum today (near Dulles airport) and saw their newest acquisition: an F-14D Tomcat. This is one of the remanufactured F-14As, and it is one that shot down a MiG in 1989. Oddly, it does not have a MiG silhouette painted on it. Any idea why? Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a few weeks ago. D 
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October 25th 06, 03:10 PM
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"DDAY" wrote in message link.net... I was out at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum today (near Dulles airport) and saw their newest acquisition: an F-14D Tomcat. This is one of the remanufactured F-14As, and it is one that shot down a MiG in 1989. Oddly, it does not have a MiG silhouette painted on it. Any idea why? Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a few weeks ago. D Due to the recent retirement of the type, things are very much in flux. For example, Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston has been allocated one, but is having trouble raising the money for transporting and preserving it. http://www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/presf.htm (Scroll down) http://www.f-14association.com/display.htm http://www.tomcat-sunset/ (Link is intermittent - keep trying) Bob McKellar
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October 25th 06, 04:11 PM
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Bob McKellar wrote:
"DDAY" wrote in message link.net... Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a few weeks ago. Due to the recent retirement of the type, things are very much in flux. For example, Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston has been allocated one, but is having trouble raising the money for transporting and preserving it. http://www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/presf.htm (Scroll down) http://www.f-14association.com/display.htm http://www.tomcat-sunset/ (Link is intermittent - keep trying) One is at the Virginia Aviation Museum at Richmond International Airport, but I haven't actually seen the jet. It was flown there from Oceana, though, so it's definitely on-site.
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December 12th 06, 12:43 AM
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"Jeb Hoge" wrote in message oups.com... Bob McKellar wrote: "DDAY" wrote in message link.net... Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a few weeks ago. Due to the recent retirement of the type, things are very much in flux. For example, Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston has been allocated one, but is having trouble raising the money for transporting and preserving it. http://www.coastcomp.com/av/pres/presf.htm (Scroll down) http://www.f-14association.com/display.htm http://www.tomcat-sunset/ (Link is intermittent - keep trying) One is at the Virginia Aviation Museum at Richmond International Airport, but I haven't actually seen the jet. It was flown there from Oceana, though, so it's definitely on-site. There is also one at a "warbird" museum in Florida, I forget precisely where, believe it was near Daytona Beach. It was from the JFK if I recall. It was placed next to an old J-3 Cub or similar single seat plane from that era - an interesting contrast to say the least. Does anyone know what the procedure is to acquire a retired Tomcat ? can i just open up my own warbird museum ? (and are they de-milled ? if so, how ?)
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December 12th 06, 01:53 PM
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Tomcat in Air and Space Museum
DDAY wrote: I was out at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum today (near Dulles airport) and saw their newest acquisition: an F-14D Tomcat. This is one of the remanufactured F-14As, and it is one that shot down a MiG in 1989. Oddly, it does not have a MiG silhouette painted on it. Any idea why? Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a few weeks ago. D Not a fan of the Turkey(I have over 1000 hrs in them), think they are best when on a 'stick' somewhere....
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December 13th 06, 12:44 AM
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December 13th 06, 02:12 AM
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Gordon wrote: wrote: DDAY wrote: I was out at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum today (near Dulles airport) and saw their newest acquisition: an F-14D Tomcat. This is one of the remanufactured F-14As, and it is one that shot down a MiG in 1989. Oddly, it does not have a MiG silhouette painted on it. Any idea why? Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a few weeks ago. D Not a fan of the Turkey(I have over 1000 hrs in them), think they are best when on a 'stick' somewhere.... You prefer Bugs?? First time I have seen someone not like their a/c. 'My' aircraft was the F-4... Personally, I hate the idea of an all- Effay Teen airwing - I keep waiting to see one with a rotodome! I understand all the reasons why it makes sense, but I just can't get over the decision to not re-wing the Intruders to keep a true bomb-truck in the arsenal. Were you flying them back when they were powered by the first anemic firetrap engines? (That would certainly explain it) I was flying them with the crappy flight controls, crappy engines, crappy CADC...etc... I flew the F-14A+ in VX-4..nice engines, crappy avionics. I saw the F-14D...was in the planning for the cockpit...and it sucked compared to the analog F-16N I flew... Oh, and we have one of them at the Gillespie Field Annex to our San Diego Air & Space Museum. v/r Gordon ====(A+C)==== (my experience with the Turkey is participating in two at-sea rescues in 1980, a Pukin Dawg and a Ghostrider).
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December 14th 06, 01:55 PM
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Harry Andreas wrote: In article . com, wrote: Gordon wrote: wrote: DDAY wrote: I was out at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum today (near Dulles airport) and saw their newest acquisition: an F-14D Tomcat. This is one of the remanufactured F-14As, and it is one that shot down a MiG in 1989. Oddly, it does not have a MiG silhouette painted on it. Any idea why? Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a few weeks ago. D Not a fan of the Turkey(I have over 1000 hrs in them), think they are best when on a 'stick' somewhere.... You prefer Bugs?? First time I have seen someone not like their a/c. 'My' aircraft was the F-4... Personally, I hate the idea of an all- Effay Teen airwing - I keep waiting to see one with a rotodome! I understand all the reasons why it makes sense, but I just can't get over the decision to not re-wing the Intruders to keep a true bomb-truck in the arsenal. Were you flying them back when they were powered by the first anemic firetrap engines? (That would certainly explain it) I was flying them with the crappy flight controls, crappy engines, crappy CADC...etc... I flew the F-14A+ in VX-4..nice engines, crappy avionics. I saw the F-14D...was in the planning for the cockpit...and it sucked compared to the analog F-16N I flew... unless you need to fire a missile... -- Harry Andreas Engineering raconteur ???Don't know what you mean? F-16N had all the plumbing for Aim-9...even tho they were training aides only...just like the first gen F-16....
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December 14th 06, 05:50 PM
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