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.
