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Title: Sad movie F-14
Post by: RC Storick on August 19, 2006, 06:47:35 AM

Peabody sent me this link if your a F-14 kinda guy watch this. http://www.navytimes.com/static.php?f=lastF14flight080206.php Click play to watch.

Title: Re: Sad movie F-14
Post by: Roger Vizioli on August 19, 2006, 07:21:29 AM

Robert,
For those of us who spent many hours with "The Cat", this is a real tear jerker.  :'(
Thank you, and Peabody, for sharing it.
I will forward it to the "team" I had the pleasure of working with for many years.
Roger V.

Title: Re: Sad movie F-14
Post by: Bob Reeves on August 19, 2006, 09:05:39 AM

Being an old Fart I was already out of the Navy when the f-14 was king but that still ran a chill down my back. Guess the flight deck gets in your blood, once an airdale always an airdale.. As a side note we still had a squadron of AD's in our CAW, really telling my age...

Title: Re: Sad movie F-14
Post by: wwwarbird on August 19, 2006, 01:18:07 PM

It's still depressing to think of the Tomcat as "history". :'( I'm not a big jet fan, but the F-14 is one BAD A-- airplane!!! f~

Title: Re: Sad movie F-14
Post by: Jim Oliver on August 19, 2006, 02:49:40 PM

Guys,

I wasn't in the Navy or even in the military, but I wouldn't be able to do what I/we do without the Navy and many others.

I salute all you military folks,  the F-14 and all the other planes and equipment that have gone before.

Jim Oliver

P.S.  I was able to spend three days (at sea) on the USS Enterprize about 4 years ago.  It was unforgettable!!

Title: Re: Sad movie F-14
Post by: peabody on August 20, 2006, 12:29:04 PM

I was always a huge fan of the F-14....but it infuriated me that, when the Navy was asked (Reagan?) to cut its budget, the Admirals all said to get rid of the F 14....all of them! They cited high upkeep, weight and the fairly much single role function.
Politics entered in the form of Al DeMatto, who lobbied long and hard to not only KEEP the thing, but to spend even more $$$$ on revising it...huge expense.
There is a Tomcat II on the deck of the Intrepid, and one at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on L.I......faster yet, with lighter kerosene plants, and some ground attack capabilities...
The point is that the Tomcat should have flown last in the early 90s, except for Al....he did that just before his conviction....
I watched them work out at the end of Long Island a bunch of times....very hot rod....