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TomCatDriver — If They Only Had The Bucks
Published: 2008-01-18 09:02:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 766; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 30
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inflight shot as an airshow spectator might have seen it.......a Grumman F-14A Tomcat performing with the US Navy,s world famous Blue Angels precision aerobatic display team. a pair of inert/dummy Phoenix missiles could probably have been used as self-contained oil tank+smoke generator units for making colored smoke-trails for airshow performances,and the Blues could have done some totally awesome/wild manuvers and tricks with the Tomcat,s variable-geometry wings and superb low-speed manuverability. just the Show Value/Publicity/Glamour/Pride factor alone would have been cheap at twice the price!Related content
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"Twas once a right Scurvy Pirate thar,Matey...harrrr"
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that Scurvy Dog,ll be walkin,th,plank fer sure....
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my fav fav plane in angels colors, how can it get anybetter..oh wait to own one and re-comission the tomcats and remove the eye sores they have now..F-18...never send a bug to do a cats job eh...lol
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all it would have taken was a bit of cash,and a few words from Tom Cruise and Ronald Reagan.
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"If wishes were fishes..."
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i did have a thought on that......if the Blues had just held on with the A-4s for one more season......1986? hmmmm. Summer,1986....Tom Cruise and Top Gun boost the Tomcat to a world-famous Cultural Icon,and a household word.........also the fave plane of President Ronald Reagan.......! lots of fan-letters and public support.....
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All in the past now. Remember, hind-sight is 20/20.
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Well without scientists and historians.
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some people just don,t see a good thing till it,s too late!
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boy, I wish they did use these for airshows, lol, would have been a sight to see one of those big cats in a close delta formation
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don,t we all? but it just would have been far too costly......Tomcat is a great plane,but still takes a lot to keep one in full fighting trim.
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yeah, but still, I wish they would have at least made some newer, lest costly versions, or went through with the Tomcat 21. Just looks too plain now with though super hornets taking up the the deck space
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i know what you mean. it wasn,t my decision.
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all it would have taken was money......!
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If the Angles did an Airshow with the Tomcat hell I'd pay and fly out to see it.
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actually,it would have been paid for with Tax Dollars....LOTS of Tax Dollars!
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still I'd pay anyway for a seat right up front
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i,d be happy to be on the team itself,if they had gotten the Tomcat.......!
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Yeah well most people I know are thunderbirds. 2 of whom flew with them. But I like the Angles to and the Tomcat well it would hard to beat in their capable hands
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my personal fave is the RAF Red Arrows!
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Never seen them in action
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well worth it,if you ever go to Europe.
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I've been there once and that was for the March of the Living
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it would almost be worth going back,just for some of the fantastic airshows they have over in the UK. just a Red Arrows performance alone is worth the trip.
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I'll keep that in mind if I should ever have more money then just enough to cover school
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OK,just finish school first,and get a well-paid career! after that,you can do anything!
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just get good grades! work hard now,and you can goof off later on,in $tyle!
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Yeah I know that. Which is why I have no life and if I update more then a photo a day you know I'm taking it easy. I have aerodynamics, engines, and instruments this semester.
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Miami Dade College for ground school and ADF airways for flight
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copy. many of my coworkers went to Embry-Riddle.
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Thats the next step to get my masters
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we have a good one here too,at Teterboro.
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Teterboro School of Aeronautics,got my tech,s license there.
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Ah...never heard of it then again I'm new to the whole industry so no surprise
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