Farewell, Tomcat

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What an amazing run the F-14 has had. It will be terribly sad not to see
them flying anymore....
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
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What an amazing run the F-14 has had. It will be terribly sad not to see
them flying anymore....

Didn't know they were so close to the end. I remember pulling up near
one near the hold short line at my home field (training visit, I
assume). The sheer size of them is amazing- 75,000 pounds MTOW. Tower
said, "Boston has you cleared to FL240 immediately upon departure" and
they just opened up and the ground shook. It's like the old muscle-car
guys say, "there's no replacement for displacement."

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Jay Honeck wrote:

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...1550&ran=22848

What an amazing run the F-14 has had. It will be terribly sad not to see
them flying anymore....


Didn't know they were so close to the end. I remember pulling up near
one near the hold short line at my home field (training visit, I
assume). The sheer size of them is amazing- 75,000 pounds MTOW. Tower
said, "Boston has you cleared to FL240 immediately upon departure" and
they just opened up and the ground shook. It's like the old muscle-car
guys say, "there's no replacement for displacement."


Although the smarter muscle car guys did say "the only replacement for
cubic inches is cubic dollars."


Matt

Yeah, but at 40 to 60 hours of maintenance for every flight hour, the
Tomcats make that Apache driver's $46,000-plus annual a bargain!


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Jay Honeck wrote:
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...1550&ran=22848

What an amazing run the F-14 has had. It will be terribly sad not to
see
them flying anymore....

Didn't know they were so close to the end. I remember pulling up near
one near the hold short line at my home field (training visit, I
assume). The sheer size of them is amazing- 75,000 pounds MTOW. Tower
said, "Boston has you cleared to FL240 immediately upon departure" and
they just opened up and the ground shook. It's like the old muscle-car
guys say, "there's no replacement for displacement."

Yeah, but at 40 to 60 hours of maintenance for every flight hour, the
Tomcats make that Apache driver's $46,000-plus annual a bargain!

Man-hours?

I missed the Apache $46K annual... Where is that posted?

Denny and Fat Albert the Apache

"Denny" wrote:

I missed the Apache $46K annual... Where is that posted?


Hee-hee!

That lit up your radar, didn't it, Denny?

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Just like a Tomcat driver, that made my "radar lock" alarm go off, big
time...


That lit up your radar, didn't it, Denny?

I missed the Apache $46K annual... Where is that posted?

Actually, he's referring to Jim Burns' Aztec. See rec.aviation.owning.

(And, no, Jim didn't pay that -- a previous owner did, back in 2000?)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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What an amazing run the F-14 has had. It will be terribly sad not to see
them flying anymore....
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Didn't know they were down to one last squadron. I figured the Bombcat
configuration would keep it alive for a while.