thinkr Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 I found this interesting article on this guy Dale Snodgrass who is the most experienced F-14 Tomcat pilot and thought it would be great to have his input for our F-14 sim for DCS Dale "Snort" Snodgrass With over 5,000 flight hours in the F-14 Tomcat (and more than 1,200 carrier landings in it), our friend Dale "Snort" Snodgrass is the most experienced Tomcat pilot in the world. He also spent many years working on board aircraft carriers qualifying new pilots as a Senior Wing Landing Signal Officer (LSO). Anyway I wouldnt know how to contact him but Im sure you can find him by searching.:pilotfly: Modded CapLoz HeliosV2.1_1280x1024.zip 2x 1080p 22"Monitors, Saitek X52, Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals, Trackir5, Win7Pro Pro 64Bit, Intel Q9550 @3.8Ghz, EP45-UD3L, 8GB Ram, Nvidia 560Ti 2GB, 2x 500GB Velociraptor Flaming Cliffs 3 DCS:A10C,KA-50, Huey, Mi-8, WWII Euro 40+ Supporter, Mig21 Falcon 4 BMS IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 Take on Helicopters Arma 2 AO + PMC + BF All Addons Series Arma 3 EECH & EEAH Medivac & Search and Rescue 4 Series
Vampyre Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Anyway I wouldnt know how to contact him but Im sure you can find him by searching.:pilotfly: Here's a start: https://www.facebook.com/Dale-Snort-Snodgrass-117984464904433/timeline/ I would assume LN have already contacted him just for this purpose. He's a bit of a legend in the Tomcat community. Truly superior pilots are those that use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills. If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! "If at first you don't succeed, Carrier Landings are not for you!"
capthaltli Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 Dale is my good friends Uncle. My friend followed the same path, Hornet and Rhino pilot. I've met Dale a couple times, and he was active in the simulation world in the past. He supported a FSX venture to compete in virtual carrier landings, called Top Gun missions. The venture didn't take off, and I think there was a lot of cheating so they shut it down. If DCS or LNS needs help contacting him, I am happy to help. CAPT [sIGPIC] "GOONIE" [/sIGPIC] "GOONIE" CSG-1 VFA-25
MoGas Posted September 21, 2015 Posted September 21, 2015 Scenario was 2 F-14A Tomcats going against 3 F-5E Tigers. Footage from HUD camera of one of the F-14s who ended up engaged with 2 of the F-5s. Circa 1985. Dale Snodgrass 1
SandMartin Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Jalil zandi. Iranian tomcat ace - 11 confirmed kills in real battlefield. Edited October 17, 2015 by SandMartin Мой youtube канал Группа в VK IBM x3200 Tower, i7 9700k, Asus Z390-P, HyperX Fury DDR4 2x16Gb 3466 Mhz, HyperX Savage 480Gb SSD, Asus RTX3070 Dual OC 8G, 32" Asus PG329Q, Creative Sound Blaster AE-5, HyperX Cloud Alpha + Pulsefire FPS Pro + Alloy FPS brown, Track IR 4 PRO + Clip Pro, Warhog HOTAS + CH Pro Pedal + есть руль Logitech G25
Vampyre Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Jalil zandi. Iranian tomcat ace - 11 confirmed kills in real battlefield. Although he is undoubtedly a good Tomcat pilot, I doubt Brigadier General Zandi has near the amount of stick time Captain Snodgrass has in the F-14. There is more to flying experience than employing weapons in combat. While 11 kills is impressive, that same opportunity, a full on near peer war, was not afforded to Capt. Snodgrass and as such cannot by itself be used as a metric for flying experience. Capt. Snodgrass has over 5000 flight hours in the Tomcat and with less than 79 airframes in the IIRAF the opportunity to attain that amount flight hours is unlikely. That said,these two, head to head with F-14A's, my money would be on Capt. Snodgrass. I'm also pretty sure BGen Zandi will not be available to act as a SME due to political reasons that might cause him to be put to death... Truly superior pilots are those that use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills. If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! "If at first you don't succeed, Carrier Landings are not for you!"
BlackLion213 Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 I'm also pretty sure BGen Zandi will not be available to act as a SME due to political reasons that might cause him to be put to death... Sadly, he died in 2001. -Nick
Vampyre Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 Sadly, he died in 2001. -Nick RIP. Sad to hear. Truly superior pilots are those that use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills. If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! "If at first you don't succeed, Carrier Landings are not for you!"
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