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F-14s heading to aircraft graveyard
F-14s heading to aircraft graveyard
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=24037 {EXCERPT}, by Greg Tyler, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, August 27, 2004 ONBOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS, Sasebo, Japan — The U.S. Navy’s meanest, fastest and most agile fighter jet, nearing retirement, is deployed in the western Pacific Ocean for the last time. The Grumman F-14, which entered military service in 1972, also is a movie star. At least for aviation aficionados, it upstaged actors including T... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today at the supplied URL. The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com (310) 532-0634 |
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Great jet. Sorry to see it go.
-- jim morris |
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Great jet. Sorry to see it go. BRBR
Guess that depends on your point of view. I am glad it's gone. (1000+ hours in it BTW, never liked it around the boat, hard to maintain, tough to fly in general, wierd systems, etc.) P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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Besides being a superb fighter, I think it's easily the best looking
fighter ever built. The Su-33 looks pretty sharp too, but the Turkey takes the all-time cake IMHO. Tony "Otis Willie" wrote in message ... F-14s heading to aircraft graveyard http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=24037 {EXCERPT}, by Greg Tyler, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, August 27, 2004 ONBOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS, Sasebo, Japan - The U.S. Navy's meanest, fastest and most agile fighter jet, nearing retirement, is deployed in the western Pacific Ocean for the last time. The Grumman F-14, which entered military service in 1972, also is a movie star. At least for aviation aficionados, it upstaged actors including T... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today at the supplied URL. The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com (310) 532-0634 |
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I heard it was easier to fly around the boat than the Phantom, was that
true for you? And I would've supposed that the systems would've been better than the Phantoms too (although not as nice as the Viper- did you fly in an aggressor squadron or exchange?). Cheers, Tony Guess that depends on your point of view. I am glad it's gone. (1000+ hours in it BTW, never liked it around the boat, hard to maintain, tough to fly in general, wierd systems, etc.) P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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I heard it was easier to fly around the boat than the Phantom, was that
true for you? And I would've supposed that the systems would've been better than the Phantoms too (although not as nice as the Viper- did you fly in an aggressor squadron or exchange?). Cheers, I thought so. But then I always felt that the Phantom was a pretty mediocre airframe wrapped around some fabulous engines. It was stable and remarkably forgiving, but at it's high approach speed it was possible to get into trouble when correcting from a high or countercorrecting from a low (then again that can be said for any jet). The F-14 needed flying, but it had tons of lift, tons of fuel and a 10% slower approach speed ... hard to hit the ramp IMO. I didn't think either aircraft was particularly unforgiving/difficult around the ship. Landing mishap statistics favor the F-14. I've always felt that rather than argue "my airplane is harder to fly than your airplane" its easier to look at the stats. Unforgiving airplanes tend to generate high mishap rates and lots of memorial services. R / John |
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Tony- I heard it was easier to fly around the boat than the Phantom, was that
true for you? BRBR It wasn't true for anybody that flew both around the boat. Much less stable nose in terms of holding on speed AOA, wallowed when turning, no ARI(aileron-rudder interconnect), turned with spoilers, which means it went down when you turned. I think the only good thing is that it had a lot more gas. Systems to help ya get aboard was similar to the F-4, Spn41/2, DME, no hud. Autothrottle sucked because being turbofans. DLC was nice. I flew the F-16N, in VF-126(XO/CO) P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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