(mostly) Tomcat Pr0n

[DanMa1156]

Here's some of the plane porno -- some great shots in there I had passed along and thought I'd share:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Oceana2005/Tomcats/index.html

 

[ItsTurboTime]

Sad that it has to go Oh well, marines don't get to fly 'em anyway.

 

[East]

Rio

Nice pics, but why is that RIO guy holding that bar so tight? On every turn you see his arm and hand (rolled sleeve) on the same place.
Is there nothing else to do for him during a display or is he supposed to hold that handle all the way?

 

[Blutonski816]

^ it's so that you have something to hold onto, instead of the ejection handles, lol...


Man, the last time I saw one up close was at the '04 Nellis airshow...
and I made this vid

and Forget the Blue angels, those VF-101 guys have the coolest helmets and visors ever....

 

[Blutonski816]

one word...

$$$$$

as great as it was at doing its job, she's a b!tch to maintain...
last I heard was 50 man hours of maintenance for every flight hour(correct me if my gouge is bad)...

but hot damn, it would have been fun to fly one....

 

[DanMa1156]

Blutonski, yeah I head it was ~48 or so when I talked to a pilot CAPT at USNA...

 

[Blutonski816]

close enough....

Another reason behind the tomcat's retirement.... politics.. when Cheney was SECDEF, he cancelled all funding for further development of the F-14... that included the Tomcat 21 and quick-strike programs...
Rumor has it that Cheney was pissed at one of the Grumman Execs when the decision was made....

 

[Fly Navy]

It would be cool if they kept a squadron just for show purposes.

This is the military.

And that costs money, and we don't have it.

 

[TheBubba]

Dan... great find. Love the Tomcat. Used to watch'em fly into Rosy Roads all the time when I was a wee-one.

 

[Blutonski816]

This is the military.

And that costs money, and we don't have it.

And I don't think Capt. Snodgrass' vision of a civilian-operated suqadron of Tomcats is gonna come to fruition either...

 

[Punk]

close enough....

Rumor has it that Cheney was pissed at one of the Grumman Execs when the decision was made....

yep, and he killed the ADCAP program from the Prowler

 

[Fly Navy]

Don't sweat it guys... when I become king of the world, I'll bring back the Tomcat.

(and banish left lane drivers to the depths of hell)

Are you drunk?

 

[nittany03]

I take that as a yes . . .

But back on topic, I still have the NAVFLIR from my 1.0 in the backseat as a mid . . . for when I need the motivation.

 

[Punk]

But back on topic, I still have the NAVFLIR from my 1.0 in the backseat as a mid . . . for when I need the motivation.

burn

 

[nittany03]

burn

I just remind myself that I don't want it to be the ONLY time in my life I got to be in a gray Navy jet. Come on, of all the curses and bad juju an SNA can pick up, I think that's pretty far down on the list, especially since there are no more slots for those anyway.