The Tomcat Legacy; 35+ years from Fleet Air Defender to Recce to Precision Strike

[HeyJoe]

What Brett said. There are low-level routes all over the country. Not unusual at all, especially where you were.

There is equal likelihood that Tomcat was simply following the road and could care less about who was on it if they even saw you....we were playing tail chase over Turkey back in 80s in the mountains and we used roads to help navigate and came up over a pass inverted looking up at an eighteen wheeler crested the ridge as we had just rolled inverted to pull over ridge using positive G. He certainly got an eyefull of 2 Tomcats. We also raged later over Oman and Saudi Arabia and when we flew with TARPS, we'd find vehicles we never saw...flying that low takes concentration to avoid CFIT so buzzing vehicles aren't always the objective...I'm personally against it as a complaint can end up with unwanted carpet time.

 

[alert5]

Video of Tomcat's last visit to Calverton

http://www.alert5.com/2006/06/liers-turn-out-for-last-look-at-f-14.html

 

[FMRAM]

Thats a shame...really. I would like to see the tomcat around for a few more years.

 

[FelixTheGreat]

It is sad to see the Tomcat go. Just the sight of it conveys pure power and gets your heart to flutter. The F/A-18 is an awsome plane and hopefully it will live up to the legacy that the F-14 left behind. You will be missed.

 

[MasterBates]

Rhino has a chance.

 

[larbear]

Rhino has a chance.

With who? I watched Top Gun again just to make sure and I couldn't find a single scene with Tom Cruise riding in a super hornet. Without some serious love from Hollywood, I don't think the rhino has a chance.

 

[HeyJoe]

Super Hornet and Hollywood

With who? I watched Top Gun again just to make sure and I couldn't find a single scene with Tom Cruise riding in a super hornet. Without some serious love from Hollywood, I don't think the rhino has a chance.

Super Hornet was featured in Behind Enemy Lines in 2001 doing some amazing things (or at least the SAMs were pretty amazing and tenacious to the point of being beyond belief).

See the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159273/trailers-screenplay-E15466-10-2

 

[larbear]

Super Hornet was featured in Behind Enemy Lines in 2001 doing some amazing things (or at least the SAMs were pretty amazing and tenacious to the point of being beyond belief).

I stand corrected.

 

[HeyJoe]

I stand corrected.

Of course, you are correct in that it didn't generate a surge of recruiting and cult phenomena like the Tomcat did in Top Gun nor has Hollywood continued to use it (so far).

 

[onedge]

Of course, you are correct in that it didn't generate a surge of recruiting and cult phenomena like the Tomcat did in Top Gun nor has Hollywood continued to use it (so far).

That phenomena will continue with the release of "Speed and Angels"

 

[zuggerat]

i was at republic airport where they held the full ceremony... i have really good pictures if anyone is interested... ill put them on rapidshare if i get some responses

 

[eddie]

That phenomena will continue with the release of "Speed and Angels"

I've only been able to find a trailer for it. Do you know where I might find more info?

 

[HighDimension]

When talking about the F-18 not living up to Top Gun hype you forgot one thing...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128889/

It's why I joined Naval Aviation.

 

[mules83]

I've only been able to find a trailer for it. Do you know where I might find more info?

can you post the trailer, cant find it

 

[eddie]

can you post the trailer, cant find it

http://www.umlautfilms.com/site/jess_long_format.html#

It's the one at the top.