"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/12/2014 at 10:16 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/12/2014 at 10:16 • Filed to: planelopnik | 7
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This photo was taken during the Dependents Day Cruise on board the USS America in 1988. The pilot, Executive Officer (XO) of VF-33 Starfighters Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, tells the following story about the epic pass:
"It's not risky at all with practice… It was my opening pass to a Tomcat tactical demonstration at sea. I started from the starboard rear quarter of the ship, at or slightly below flight deck level. Airspeed was at about 250 knots with the wings swept forward. I selected afterburner at about ˝ miles behind and the aircraft accelerated to about 325-330 knots. As I approached the ship, I rolled into an 85 degree angle of bank and did a 2-3 g turn, finishing about 10 – 20 degrees off of the ship's axis. It was a very dramatic and, in my opinion, a very cool way to start a carrier demo. The photo was taken by an Aviation Bosun's Mate (by an ABE3 who was the petty officer of third class Sean E. Dunn that was in charge in Launching & Recovering Equipment) who worked the flight deck on the USS America. Just as an aside…the individual with his arms behind his back [in the second photo] is Admiral Jay Johnson" who became the Chief of Naval Operations for the Navy."
The top image was taken during the cruise, the second was taken during a rehearsal for the demonstration. Read more about this dramatic demonstration, and the pilot who performed it, at !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> ttyymmnn
02/12/2014 at 10:17 |
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Sometimes, it's really easy to take a Tomcat for an Eagle.
Chris Clarke
> ttyymmnn
02/12/2014 at 10:18 |
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Doesn't Snort hold the record for most carrier traps?
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ttyymmnn
> Chris Clarke
02/12/2014 at 10:19 |
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FTA: In the Navy, Dale amassed more hours in the F-14 than any other pilot, and is considered the “highest time Tomcat pilot”, with over 4,800 hours and more than 1,200 arrested carrier landings and for 14 years he has flown F-14 demos that people still talk about today.
oldirtybootz
> ttyymmnn
02/12/2014 at 10:20 |
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What I'd do to fly an F14...
Frank Grimes
> ttyymmnn
02/12/2014 at 10:24 |
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merica.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> ttyymmnn
02/12/2014 at 10:26 |
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Still my favourite modern fighter. Such a beautiful air craft.
CKeffer
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
02/12/2014 at 10:30 |
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Same here, it's honestly the one that got me interested in jets to begin with. Yes it started with Top Gun when I was a kid, but when I got a bit older I started eating up any tidbit of information I could on the thing and it's design, and capabilities just astounded me and captured my imagination. It's still one of my favorites to this day.
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> CKeffer
02/12/2014 at 10:33 |
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It was robo-tech for me, then when I watched top gun I realized what the Veritech fighter was based on and since then I was a fan.
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CKeffer
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
02/12/2014 at 10:34 |
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It's funny how fiction grabs your interest and then sometimes reality is so much better :D
Takuro Spirit
> oldirtybootz
02/12/2014 at 10:42 |
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Been there, done that.
Refueling can be a bitch.
vicariousILive
> ttyymmnn
02/12/2014 at 10:43 |
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That's twice! I wants some butts!
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oldirtybootz
> Takuro Spirit
02/12/2014 at 11:07 |
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Is that Top Gun from the NES? I had that one and an actual F14 game for the Game Boy Advance.
OtherBarry
> ttyymmnn
02/12/2014 at 11:34 |
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That is some good photography. Quick on the trigger at least.
William Byrd
> Goshen, formerly Darkcode
02/12/2014 at 11:36 |
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All in the wings may man, all in the wings. But yeah, definitely.
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William Byrd
> vicariousILive
02/12/2014 at 11:36 |
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That ought to about cover the fly-bys.
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William Byrd
> CKeffer
02/12/2014 at 11:37 |
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I actually thought I typed this reply b/c I posted it in another Tomcat post. Same here, started with Top Gun (which I hadn't seen a commercial for and thought it was going to be a western) and went on from there. Love that plane to this day. In person it's gigantic, love it.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> ttyymmnn
02/12/2014 at 14:13 |
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That second photo makes the F-14 look positively gigantic. I know its not a small airplane, but standing next to and walking around them doesn't give so much of a sense of just how big it really is.