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F-14 plane captain recalls when his Tomcat RTB from ACM training with 95% of its starboard stab missing. The pilot never knew it was missing and just used a little trim for the ACM mission. – The Aviation Geek Club

‘The pilot said he never knew it was missing and only used a little trim for the ACM,’ Ian Harrington, US Navy F-14 Tomcat plane captain. Air combat maneuvering (ACM) is the art of maneuvering a combat aircraft in order to attain a position from which an attack can be made on another aircraft. It …

F-14 plane captain recalls when his Tomcat RTB from ACM training with 95% of its starboard stab missing. The pilot never knew it was missing and just used a little trim for the ACM mission. – The Aviation Geek Club Read More »

F-14 Pilot explains how he was able to land his Tomcat aboard USS Eisenhower after the radome came off during and ACM engagement, at a speed of 600 knots, at an altitude of 28,000 feet – The Aviation Geek Club

‘We started an ACM engagement and as soon as I got a little G on the airplane, that [radar dome] failed…’ Joe Edwards, VF-142 F-14 Tomcat Pilot. US Navy Fighter Squadron 193 (VF-193) Ghostriders was established on Aug. 24, 1948 flying the F4U Corsair. It made two deployments to Korea with the Corsair before entering …

F-14 Pilot explains how he was able to land his Tomcat aboard USS Eisenhower after the radome came off during and ACM engagement, at a speed of 600 knots, at an altitude of 28,000 feet – The Aviation Geek Club Read More »

Former F-104 Pilots explain why despite the Starfighter many limitations they loved flying the Zipper – The Aviation Geek Club

Despite the Starfighter shortcomings, the pilots who flew the F-104 fell in love with it. The Lockheed F-104 was the first operational fighter capable of sustaining speeds above Mach 2. Development of the F-104 began in 1952, and the first XF-104 made its initial flight in 1954. On May 18, 1958, an F-104A set a …

Former F-104 Pilots explain why despite the Starfighter many limitations they loved flying the Zipper – The Aviation Geek Club Read More »

The story of the US Navy F-8 pilots that instructed USAF F-4 crews in ACM, beat them during every engagement and made Robin Olds angry – The Aviation Geek Club

The Navy pilots destroyed their USAF brethren, to the obvious delight of the F-8 ‘drivers’ and the continued frustration of the air force. Known to its pilots as the ‘last of the gunfighters’ due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the …

The story of the US Navy F-8 pilots that instructed USAF F-4 crews in ACM, beat them during every engagement and made Robin Olds angry – The Aviation Geek Club Read More »

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