F-14 Tomcat (Grumman)
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Volt már róla szó korábban. USAF, honi vadász változat. F100 hajtóművek, 25 mm-es gépágyú és növelt kerozin kapacitás.
"Alapól" a 70-es évek végére az F100-ason alapuló annáp nagyobb és jóval erősebb PW F401-400 as hajtóműveket kapta volna a tomcat és nem az "ideiglenesnek" szánt TF30-asokat.
Már az F100-as is jót tett volna ennek a gépnek, de az igazi az F401PW400-as lett volna. Ez utóbbiról egyébként még az is felmerült kósza gondolatként, hogy az F-15 Streak Eagle emelkedési világrekordhoz is felhasználják, de egyrészt nem volt rá szükség, hiszen a "mezei" első generációs F100PW100-asokkal is bőven meglett az összes rekord, másrészt az F401-es miatt kicsit át kellett volna szabni a 15-ös törzshátsórészét.
Cradle of Aviation Museum unveils newly restored F-14D ‘Felix 101’, the last US Navy Tomcat to ever fly...
F-14D BuNo 164603 ‘Felix 101’ had the distinction of making the final flight by a Navy Tomcat on Oct. 4, 2006 when it flew from NAS Oceana to Republic Airport, in Farmingdale, New York.
F-14D BuNo 164603 ‘Felix 101’ had the distinction of making the final flight by a Navy Tomcat on Oct. 4, 2006 when it flew from NAS Oceana to Republic Airport, in Farmingdale, New York.
US Navy F-14 RIO recalls when his section of two Tomcats had to divert to Pakistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001. Oct. 18.)...
As we were in the middle of Afghanistan with not enough fuel to get back to the ship, we put our emergency divert field in Pakistan on the nose. We had briefed the potential to divert but as this was early into the operation, no US aircraft had actually used this divert field yet. PAF Base Shahbaz near Jacobabad Pakistan had been home to the Pakistan Air Force F-16s at one time which is why it was considered a good divert for US fighters. The capability of the indigenous folks there to fuel and start an F-14 was seriously in question. The F-14 had no self start capability, it required external air equipment that would be used to turn the large GE F-110 engines to start. As we landed at the Pakistani base, we were hesitant to shut down the engines for fear they would not be able to find the right piece of gear to start us back up. With a huge language barrier and running on fumes, we finally had no choice but to shut down and hope this Tomcat wasn’t going to spend the rest of the war sitting on static display at this Pakistani air base. Getting out of the plane, the support crew motioned to us to move as fast as we could and later told us that locals around the base are not all that friendly to our cause and may try to take shots at us and the plane.
As we were in the middle of Afghanistan with not enough fuel to get back to the ship, we put our emergency divert field in Pakistan on the nose. We had briefed the potential to divert but as this was early into the operation, no US aircraft had actually used this divert field yet. PAF Base Shahbaz near Jacobabad Pakistan had been home to the Pakistan Air Force F-16s at one time which is why it was considered a good divert for US fighters. The capability of the indigenous folks there to fuel and start an F-14 was seriously in question. The F-14 had no self start capability, it required external air equipment that would be used to turn the large GE F-110 engines to start. As we landed at the Pakistani base, we were hesitant to shut down the engines for fear they would not be able to find the right piece of gear to start us back up. With a huge language barrier and running on fumes, we finally had no choice but to shut down and hope this Tomcat wasn’t going to spend the rest of the war sitting on static display at this Pakistani air base. Getting out of the plane, the support crew motioned to us to move as fast as we could and later told us that locals around the base are not all that friendly to our cause and may try to take shots at us and the plane.
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Azért 1:05-nél kicsit érdekes lett az a minimális demo magasság...
Azért 1:05-nél kicsit érdekes lett az a minimális demo magasság...