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 …