Tomcat

[dujardin]

unusual view of an F14 Tomcat

byeeeeeeeee marcel

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, that's what they do when they they have to turn right at traffic lights.

 

[hacker]

Yeah, that's what they do when they they have to turn right at traffic lights.

Yep, this one is worth .03 wallyhoons.......


CrackinUp

 

[Andrew]

Yeah, that's what they do when they they have to turn right at traffic lights.

I thought it was having a leak...

 

[bfrench]

Yeah, that's what they do when they they have to turn right at traffic lights.

I thought it was having a leak...

Don't know about the plane leaking but I'll bet the aviator was pissin himself - just look at the full control deflection on both sides.

 

[tamoko]

http://aerofiles.com/f14flyby.jpg

 

[Jaydee]

That looks like a test flight to me, it might have been planned. Note the Red & White paint on the wings, and the big needle coming out the nose cone. The active service planes didn't have those. Also the aircrew are in orange flight suits, and I dont think they are in the Coast Guards! Question is, do they have Dayglow Orange CWU Jackets to go with the suits?

 

[tamoko]

 

[sealbeachbum]

That looks like a test flight to me, it might have been planned. Note the Red & White paint on the wings, and the big needle coming out the nose cone. The active service planes didn't have those. Also the aircrew are in orange flight suits, and I dont think they are in the Coast Guards! Question is, do they have Dayglow Orange CWU Jackets to go with the suits?

You're right about that being a test aircraft but when I was in the Navy on the USS Enterprise in the 1970s all of our A-6 pilots in VA-196 Squadron wore orange flight suits. I thought they looked pretty cool! No orange flight jackets though. Most of them wore their G-1s and a few wore the WEP jacket around the ship. None wore jackets while flying.

 

[Jaydee]

You're right about that being a test aircraft but when I was in the Navy on the USS Enterprise in the 1970s all of our A-6 pilots in VA-196 Squadron wore orange flight suits. I thought they looked pretty cool! No orange flight jackets though. Most of them wore their G-1s and a few wore the WEP jacket around the ship. None wore jackets while flying.

Wow, I would hate to go down on unfriendly soil with one of them on! I never saw that in my day (1989-92) all the suits were Sage Green, and a very few Desert Tan.