Farewell F-14 [Archive] - RonFez.net Messageboard

WRESTLINGFAN

09-22-2006, 05:00 PM

You had a hell of a run<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/tomcat_farewell_4">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/tomcat_farewell_4</a>

FezPaul

09-22-2006, 06:24 PM

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The F-14 Tomcat, the dogfighting Cold War fighter jet immortalized in the movie "Top Gun," made its ceremonial final flight FridayNow if only we can only get rid of the stupid movie.

reeshy

09-22-2006, 06:28 PM

Holy shit....I remember those things when I was in the service....I also remember the F-4's .....and when they crashed and we had to rescue those assholes!!!

ADF

09-22-2006, 06:37 PM

Woohoo!  F-15, your days are numbered!

HBox

09-22-2006, 06:59 PM

Damn liberals.

Tenbatsuzen

09-22-2006, 08:06 PM

HBox wrote: Damn liberals.    Raptor.  New Hotness. The F-14 is nice, but the Raptor is like comparing the 67 Mustang to the 2006 Shelby.

furie

09-22-2006, 08:34 PM

Ah the F-14. designed in my hometown Bethpage, LI.

Mike Teacher

09-22-2006, 08:51 PM

furie wrote: Ah the F-14. designed in my hometown Bethpage, LI. Also the place where all the Lunar Modules used in the Apollo Missions were designed and built, Grumman plant I think.And all worked near 100%. Even saved the crew of Apollo 13.And the F-14 was badass in its time, an awesome huge plane, probably too huge for now.

furie

09-22-2006, 08:57 PM

Mike Teacher wrote: furie wrote: Ah the F-14. designed in my hometown Bethpage, LI. Also the place where all the Lunar Modules used in the Apollo Missions were designed and built, Grumman plant I think.And all worked near 100%. Even saved the crew of Apollo 13.And the F-14 was badass in its time, an awesome huge plane, probably too huge for now.

correct.

sadly it's mostly gone now. mostly an industrial park used by cablevision. northrop/grumman has a small presence there.

PapaBear

09-22-2006, 08:59 PM

I've always been more of a A10 Warthog fan. Those suckers RULE! They've been trying to mothball them for years, but the pilots won't let them.<img height="493" src="http://www.modelspot.com/photo/iat03/a10.jpg" width="539" border="0" />

ADF

09-22-2006, 09:02 PM

No that I know much about this stuff, but I heard the reason they want to get rid of the warthog is because a plane like the F16 can do the job better.

PapaBear

09-22-2006, 09:07 PM

The pilots like them, because you can shoot the crap out of them, lose an engine, and still land the thing. Plus... I've seen the Warthog maneuver. Nothing comes close to doing what they can do.

tele7

09-22-2006, 10:05 PM

I saw the F 14 fly at an airshow once in New Jersey.  That thing is a monster.  It was so loud the sound actually distorted. 

HBox

09-22-2006, 10:25 PM

telecaster7 wrote: I saw the F 14 fly at an airshow once in New Jersey. That thing is a monster. It was so loud the sound actually distorted. "Air show? Buzz cut Alabamians spewing colored smoke from their whiz jets to the strains of 'Rock You Like A Hurricane'? What kind of country-fried rube is still impressed by that." 

This message was edited by HBox on 9-23-06 @ 2:27 AM

PapaBear

09-22-2006, 10:31 PM

HBox wrote:  telecaster7 wrote: I saw the F 14 fly at an airshow once in New Jersey. That thing is a monster. It was so loud the sound actually distorted.   "Air show? Buzz cut Alabamians spewing colored smoke from their whiz jets to the strains of 'Rock You Like A Hurricane'? What kind of country-fried rube is still impressed by that." This message was edited by HBox on 9-23-06 @ 2:27 AM Huh... what?<img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/3f08.jpg" border="0" />

Mike Teacher

09-23-2006, 05:30 AM

ADF wrote: No that I know much about this stuff, but I heard the reason they want to get rid of the warthog is because a plane like the F16 can do the job better. Two utterly different planes. The A-10 is made to fly slow and low for ground support, made with simple yet rugged technologies, while the F-16 is a speed machine, flying low and slow will stall it real quick, many of the F-series [the F-104 the most extreme example] were as much rocket as plane, made for high speed/high altitude use.The warthog is so bad ass, essentially a plane designed around a gun, the pilot sitting in a titanium 'bathtub' it can carry ordinance up the ass, take a shitload of fire and hits and still fly, and that insane gattling gun just sends out a buzzsaw of depleted uranium rounds that just annihilate anything and everything they hit.

nevnut

09-23-2006, 06:12 AM

PapaBear wrote: I've always been more of a A10 Warthog fan. Those suckers RULE! They've been trying to mothball them for years, but the pilots won't let them.<img height="493" src="http://www.modelspot.com/photo/iat03/a10.jpg" width="539" border="0" />I've been a fan of that plane since I was a kid.My step-son worked on them in the Air Force during the height of the war.  He said some would come back with holes blasted in the wing almost big enough to fit your head through and they had flown back to base.

WRESTLINGFAN

09-23-2006, 06:54 AM

This is the F-14 s replacement. The F/A18 Super Hornet. The F/A18 Hornet has been around for some time , I believe since the early 80's. This jet can be a fighter and an attack jet. <img title="f18" height="342" alt="f18" src="http://www.boeing.com/news/feature/aa2004/ids_images/NavalSystems/images/FA-18F-Super-Hornet_1.jpg" width="509" border="0" />

BLZBUBBA

09-23-2006, 08:03 AM

It's obviously no fighter but I was at a race once,  when a B-1 made a low pass with afterburners, wings swept back and it was extremely extreme. Think almost knocked down by sound.  There have been questions about the plane's capabilities. One can debate the value or necessity of the B-1.  But for impressive fly-bys?  That thing goes to 11. As for fighters...I was very impressed with the Harrier...for the VTOL and the accompanying wow loud factor.  If I'm not mistaken there's to be a version of the Raptor that's VTOL as well.  Or at least STOL.  Or maybe it's another plane altogether.

Tenbatsuzen

09-23-2006, 08:11 AM

For the record, the Warthog made the coolest GI Joe Toy EVER.  I always thought the F-16 was big and bulky and not as fun to play around with.

tele7

09-23-2006, 08:15 AM

<a href="http://flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_Grumman_F-14_Tomcat-Airline_USA_-_Navy_Aviation_Video-4881.html">http://flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_Grumman_F-14_Tomcat-Airline_USA_-_Navy_Aviation_Video-4881.html</a>

OldGravyLeg

09-23-2006, 01:38 PM

There is a great tribute to the F-14 at Calverton L.I.  To see that beautiful plane proudly displayed is an experience.  Those planes did a helluva job.

Doctor Z

09-23-2006, 01:41 PM

Well, if they won't be needing those anymore, I'll take one.

SatCam

09-23-2006, 01:53 PM

now we just need to get rid of sr71blackbird...

joke

A.J.

09-25-2006, 03:07 AM

Iran still uses the F-14.  The way things are going, you may get to see them in action again real soon!

WRESTLINGFAN

09-25-2006, 02:57 PM

A.J. wrote: Iran still uses the F-14.  The way things are going, you may get to see them in action again real soon!We sold them to Iran when the Shah was in power but since we broke all ties with them since 1979 im sure those planes are not mission capable like they were when they got them. That being said our jets would overpower them in a dogfight

PapaBear

09-25-2006, 03:01 PM

I think I remember something in the new in that past year, that we sold them parts for those planes.

Hottub

09-25-2006, 03:25 PM

The way things are going, you may get to see them in action again real soon!And the Argentine Air Force took it to the Brit's with a battery of 3 Miraj fighters. 2 active, one for parts!

furie

09-25-2006, 05:39 PM

ADF wrote: No that I know much about this stuff, but I heard the reason they want to get rid of the warthog is because a plane like the F16 can do the job better. 

the f16 itself is close to 20 years old. that's to be replaced by the F-22