Pilotasso Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 Heres something special: http://semperapollo.com/Media/Video/Aviation/Oceana2005/Oceana_Tomcat.mpg Its very last apearance in high quality video. May it remain as a nostalgic memory. All hail to the doubled tail feline! ;) .
Cobra360 Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 I thought it was putting on it's last show at Oceana this year before it retires completly next month.
Pilotasso Posted August 29, 2006 Author Posted August 29, 2006 I've been hearing that for 2 years, untill it eventualy becomes true! :D .
Pilotasso Posted September 22, 2006 Author Posted September 22, 2006 well, the time has come apparently. All salute to the double tailed feline! http://www.ecanadanow.com/us/2006/09/21/us-navy-retires-the-f-14-tomcat/ .
VapoR Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 S! It's really kinda sad to watch that . . . :(
Cobra360 Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 I think people don't want to post in here because of what happens in most Tomcat related threads. But anyway, so long Tomcat. I going to miss not having any more Flighter Fling vids.:(
Cosmonaut Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 F14 Tomcats vs. Japanese Zeros :shocking: Actual footage .. :suspect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la9mHKnJ2ro&mode=related&search= When are we going to get Zeros in the game?? This bias isn’t fair I tell you we have Tomcats but no Zeros… :protest: Cozmo. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Minimum effort, maximum satisfaction. CDDS Tutorial Version 3. | Main Screen Mods.
Force_Feedback Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 Yeah, lets lock them and let their RWR beep. Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
golfsierra2 Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 Yeah, lets lock them and let their RWR beep. Zeros didn't have any RWR, it was the wing man you might have given a warning instead......... kind regards, Raven.... [sigpic]http://www.crc-mindreader.de/CRT/images/Birds2011.gif[/sigpic]
Force_Feedback Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 No shit Sherlock, they would've known by having the whole instrument panel (radon illuminated) light up brightly in daylight ;) Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
Cosmonaut Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 WHAT !! No RWR on a Zero .. OMG that sucks!! :no_sad: Oh just forget about it then :smilewink: . Cozmo. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Minimum effort, maximum satisfaction. CDDS Tutorial Version 3. | Main Screen Mods.
MBot Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 This 'The Final Countdown' footage is so great. That movie probably has the best in flight scenes of every flight movie ever and it is already 25 years old. After seeing that film in my youth I got the biggest Tomcat fan, even before seeing Top Gun. I read while filming the maneuver where the Tomcat pulls up realy hard in the Zero fight, the plane almost crashed. I heard that the screaming sound of the engine is a computerized version of the scream from the pilots wife when she first saw the footage :) Probably not true, but a cool story non the less :)
Guest IguanaKing Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 Zeros didn't have any RWR, it was the wing man you might have given a warning instead......... Those 'Cats fired AIM-9s at those T-6s (not actual Mitsubishi A6M2s), and even current fighter aircraft depend on a visual sighting to evade that type of missile as there is no warning on RWR...so his wingman would have been all he had even if they had been modern MiG-23s. Notice how the modern Tomcats even followed the old rule of approaching the potential enemy out of the sun? Its still a good visual tactic, not to mention giving the AIM-9 a better chance of not being distracted by IR backlighting. :smilewink:
cool_t Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 I had the chance to sit in one, they are huge! :thumbup:
Trident Posted September 23, 2006 Posted September 23, 2006 I really hope they find a way to keep a few flying for airshows, I've never seen one in person and would love to someday :(
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