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Does anyone remember the time Santa crashed the F-14A while taxxing at NKX doing an arrival for squadron member's little kids at Hangar 3. I think it was VF-211.
"Cookie" was CO and had Santa in his back seat.
Following an unusual start up....the jet started to taxi with only the right engine running, and no bi-di on line to link flight hydraulics to combined hydrualics.
The jet moved forward did a brake check with the PC (emerg brakes) then started to taxi for real......
With no combined system: no nose wheel steering (NWS) and no brakes...the Aux/Emerg brakes were bled down.
The jet rolled straight across the line into another F-14.
Santa arrived at Hangar 3 on yellow gear...the CO was visibly absent at the time.
"Cookie" was CO and had Santa in his back seat.
Following an unusual start up....the jet started to taxi with only the right engine running, and no bi-di on line to link flight hydraulics to combined hydrualics.
The jet moved forward did a brake check with the PC (emerg brakes) then started to taxi for real......
With no combined system: no nose wheel steering (NWS) and no brakes...the Aux/Emerg brakes were bled down.
The jet rolled straight across the line into another F-14.
Santa arrived at Hangar 3 on yellow gear...the CO was visibly absent at the time.