most photogenic aircraft ever. not a single bad angle on that thing wings open or swept
@charliefoxtrot-1187 жыл бұрын
It looks great from all angles but I personally think the best angles would be near the front or the back while about level with the aircraft, wings in either position.
@jessicaberry4186 жыл бұрын
Love to see fly
@svenschwingel86326 жыл бұрын
Most beautiful nose/canopy section ever designed in the history of aviation. The big cat was one sexy bird for sure.
@Rogge736 жыл бұрын
WORD!!
@mtumeumrani3766 жыл бұрын
Front or rear
@Leonhart3065 жыл бұрын
I wanted to be an F-14 pilot as soon as I graduated high school. But with a history of asthma, disqualified me. My dream crashed and burned. It wasn't pretty. Though as a kid at an airshow on Guam in '92 they had an F-14 available for kids to come up and sit in the pilot seat for 1 min. My eyes lit up as I was being put into the cockpit. I was mimicking the salute and thumbs-up gestures pilots did just before take-off AND I was doing Maverick's signature "I'm gonna hit the brakes and fly right by." move as well. I was such a dorky kid with big dreams of hoping to pilot my very own day. But as you know, that didn't happen. For that one minute of sitting in the cockpit of the F-14... Bliss.
@ctomeiaviles7 жыл бұрын
I used to work on all types of aircraft engines and powerplants, but this particular bird has the most unique and impressive sound that I miss soo much!! TOMCAT 4EVER!!!
@kmfiz2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I remember the F-14 had quit the rumble at air shows. Lower and deeper than other fighters. You felt it in the chest. What a crowd pleaser!
@СырымБердимжаев4 ай бұрын
Pratt & Whitney TF-30?
@meak136 жыл бұрын
even being retired...they need more f-14 demo teams to fly at airshows
@Zone5Aviation5 жыл бұрын
Footage filmed by Hart Aviation of the 2004 NAS Oceana Tomcat Tac Demo. Hart Aviation released Oceana air show footage from 2003 to 2006 focusing mainly on the F-14 due to the pending retirement. The 2003 issue had extended footage of the F-14 from Fleet launch, Tac Demo and walkaround. 2005 edition featured the final Tac Demo. In 2006 they released three editions for the Fleet Fly In during March when VF-213 and VF-31 returned from their final operational cruise, then came the 2006 airshow featuring the final appearance of VF-31 then a September edition was released for the Tomcat Sunset ceremony. Unfortunately Hart Aviation no longer have an internet site for purchasing this footage.
@tvv178 Жыл бұрын
Stepdad trained at 101 then moved to vf14 tophatters during Kosovo then went to vf 213 for remainder of his f14 career. Used to fly over our house in Foxfire neighborhood almost daily.
@guitarsarelikestupid72003 жыл бұрын
I love the way that G.E. Engine/intake makes that "MmMmMmMmrrrrrrpphhhhhh!" sound on the F-14B/D. 1:27
@MaryanneWolf-y6x8 ай бұрын
My mom and dad worked at G.E. and both their generators. My mom was a wire connector and my dad was an inspector. Then I married a sailor who worked on their guns . Kinda funny
@Mysucculentchinesemeal2 жыл бұрын
The whistle of those engines when the plane powers up and climbs is so cool. I grew up near Oceana and sold cars near the base during college and the sound of F-14’s overhead was like the sky being ripped apart.
@rdubb776 жыл бұрын
One of the two most beautiful planes ever built. The other is of course the SR-71 / A-12
@johnnyrsetzer6 жыл бұрын
Looks like the same I seen in little rock early 2000s. Was the most amazing plane I seen fly. Thing was very quick for it's size. Impressed the hell out of me.
@retrocny56256 жыл бұрын
I love the way the F-14 sounds in flight. So loud. 1:23 shows this perfectly. The whine you hear as the pilot increases power into afterburner and then as he turns hard, you hear that low pitch bassy sound of the engines at 1:28, almost like the engine is howling. So awesome. They call that the sound of freedom. :P
@johnnybgood40996 жыл бұрын
VF-101 Grim Reapers NAS Oceana. Loved watching them fly during FOD walkdown!👍
@larrymartin44675 жыл бұрын
I was a Fly-1 yellow shirt on USS Nimitz 78-81. We had VF-41 and VF-84 Tomcats. Loved them then and still love the Tomcat today
@WPM81167 жыл бұрын
People of Murica hear me! Ask your corn-man to reinstate the F14-Tomcat. Sincerely the rest of the world. And yes I sexually Identify as an F14 - Tomcat.
@jebediahgentry70293 жыл бұрын
That thing looks epic from a distance with the wings swept back
@paulramsey56954 жыл бұрын
Saw one of these beautiful birds at an airshow when i was a kid outside the airport sitting in the bed of someone's truck i got sooo excited to see it taxi onto the runway it did some low speed fly overs then it flew over where i was went full vertical lit the burners and dissapeared it was low enough i could feel the heat for a split second before it was gone
@infinitegaming28845 жыл бұрын
In another life I will become a jet fighter pilot.
@carlosfernandez67549 жыл бұрын
"" I love the sound "" of these F-14 tomcat engines!!!!!!!!!!!
@WingsandRails58934 жыл бұрын
The Demo Team from VF-101 "Grim Reapers" did excellent performances at the Sound Of Freedom airshows at NAS/JRB WillowGrove,PA.
@sullywhatever52906 жыл бұрын
Maneuvers a lot better than most people give it credit for. Could you imagine an F-14 with AESA radar, a newer better replacement for the Phoenix, and modern engines?
@DarkOmenX5 жыл бұрын
would be no problem to place it in that radar-dome maybe 2 at same time :)
@SeminarChauffeur5 жыл бұрын
Here's an article about that for you to have wet dreams about www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29653/this-is-what-grummans-proposed-f-14-super-tomcat-21-would-have-actually-looked-like :D
@dragonalpha98945 жыл бұрын
Too bad certain people pushed the shitaptor and trashning. (22&35). The Cat can take both of those new poss
@Grug_Eat_Rock4 жыл бұрын
@@dragonalpha9894 the 22 is good the 35 is a pile a of trash
@s1l3nze3 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine it being redone as a stealth aircraft?
@MamaEtna7 жыл бұрын
She is a graceful airplane. She seems to float in the air during some of the maneuvers.
@ikhlaqkurdofficial.58096 жыл бұрын
What a beauty. F 14.
@applejacks9712 жыл бұрын
Those are pretty agile for as big as they are. Sweet vid!
That's fucking tight maneuvering. US should not have got rid of Tomcats.
@corinful9 жыл бұрын
I'll second that and im from England. Amazing jet
@michaelritchie53033 жыл бұрын
I recall reading however that at the end of their operational lives, it cost 60 man hours of maintenance to allow them to fly for 1 hour. Still the most beautiful aircraft ever.
@zigbeegooblesnort1253 жыл бұрын
They had too. The old birds were worn out and had astronomical maintenance time and cost.
@codyking48483 жыл бұрын
@@michaelritchie5303 You would be correct. Tomcat was a maintenance hog, even when they were fairly new. Amazing aircraft, though. Never been anything like it before or since.
@curtekstrom9531 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelritchie5303 That is fact. The Tomcats were very High Maintenance Aircraft. And a Bitch to Trap on Deck.
@whitloli8 жыл бұрын
Miss the Tomcat. Hopefully some well off private individuals have purchased some cats for airshow worthiness!! Continue for generations to come!
@Spontainousteve7 жыл бұрын
Lisa Newman Nope, won't happen. We intentionally made spare parts nearly impossible to come by for this aircraft.
@RobertKaydoo7 жыл бұрын
Sadly no. F-14s were ground-up so that the Iranians could not get any spare parts on the black market. A terrible shame.
@mtumeumrani3766 жыл бұрын
Someone could always buy a cat or two from the Iranians...
@mtumeumrani3766 жыл бұрын
That was dick Chaney being a dick to the navy and nation to force them to buy the E/F Hornet
@TheJer19636 жыл бұрын
@@mtumeumrani376 Well they only have 5 that are flight worthy right now.
@Mobi6665 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite plane when I was a little kid..... It still is today.... too bad I will never see it fly again
@TakeDeadAim7 жыл бұрын
Anyone else catch the birds starting at 4:05? The Turkey my favorite aircraft I flew while in the Navy. I'm surprised they didn't do a ride along with the most famous demo pilot, Dale "Snort" Snodgrass. He was a former squadron CO and one of the highest time F14 pilots...in addition to being IIRC the last demo pilot we had.
@trustno_one4 жыл бұрын
Its design will last forever. immortal silhouette
@johnbugbee37306 жыл бұрын
What an absolute BEAST!!!!!
@VictusPrime4 жыл бұрын
How is it that a fighter jet can be this sexy.
@AlexT-ke2gq9 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, loved those high speed passes!!
@jaimibingley60563 жыл бұрын
The pilot has the plane he is flying in (The F-14 Tomcat) on his helmet with the wings in the full sweep position.
@soundknight5 жыл бұрын
The Tomcat was such a beautiful aircraft. I recon they will have a UAV Tomcat II in a delta wing one day.
@iain88376 жыл бұрын
9:20 is very impressive, I wouldn't think it has a 1:1 power to weight, it wasn't vertical very long but still very impressive! Also love 9:36, the back seater is calling out the mach 0.86 up to 0.97, so close to supersonic, amazing aircraft. Saw a few a couple of times at RAF Leuchars, departing during typical Scottish weather, pouring down, poor vis, but a I saw them for a few seconds, probably around 1985 or so.
@SPFLDAngler2 жыл бұрын
He mentions at one point going 700mph. Supersonic is only about 70mph more than that. They definitely hit Mach 1 a time or two during demonstrations.
@SPFLDAngler2 жыл бұрын
And literally right after that part you mention(9:45) it shows the tomcat screaming by with the telltale air disturbance around it and noise caused by traveling at transonic speed(mach1.0)
@JethroRose Жыл бұрын
they don’t hit or exceed mach at airshows as the boom breaks windows etc.
@drewjames8594 Жыл бұрын
He was very low energy when he pulled vertical.
@mattikdaunis95168 жыл бұрын
the thing bout a 'cat though, is they can be unforgiving if you screw up.... but if you take care of her she always holds you up.
@markhills44688 жыл бұрын
Hi, earlier you mentioned that you flew the tomcat, and above you mention that it can be unforgiving, surely it was better than earlier creations such as the phantom or voodoo which could depart controlled flight easily. At which points on the envelope could it be unforgiving?
@TakeDeadAim7 жыл бұрын
There were a few maneuvers "forbidden". Most would have no airshow applicability(Can't launch an AIM 9 with flaps/slats/gear, no prolonged Og with radical throttle angle changes etc...) but in this arena, no rolling maneuvers greater than 360deg(in other words you won't see an F14 doing multiple rolls) and no F111 dump and burns.
@slytouge7643 жыл бұрын
@@TakeDeadAim why no multiple rolls in the f-14?
@texastrill54736 ай бұрын
I always think of Maverick and him saying “I’ll hit the brakes, he’ll fly right by”, and wonder what those movie pilots could have done with the F22 and full thrust vectoring! It’s like trying to slam on the brakes in an M1A1 Abrams tank, vs an F1 car. I wonder what ol Snort could have done in Raptor!
@WC-rv7fy2 жыл бұрын
Best plane ever, sad to see it retired!
@momolovesmina8 жыл бұрын
ThaT bird is beutiful, i think im weeping.
@nyanates4 жыл бұрын
Have to admit this is one of my favorite planes. This and the F-4.
@dasboat643 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the many PMCF'S I watched while at VF-101, 1986-1990. Beautiful. Miss the Cats! 😊
@lebaillidessavoies38896 жыл бұрын
Impressive , this guy knows how to handle this brick..
@Mike-012348 жыл бұрын
Once got to see a small airshow at Salinas California municipal airport Dad and I were up there for car racing event at Laguna seca race track just happened to run across the air show 1991-92. He wasn't much an aircraft fan more car fan but I sure was, and the airshow was small not many people 2 F-14's flew in were the highlight of the show. The engines on the F-14 was so loud I remember hearing car alarms all over the city as they did a 400 knot pass right over our heads probably not even allowed now days. I got to speak to the pilots no one around they said they flew in from an aircraft carrier which was out at sea some place. I wished I had asked more questions about the F-14 back then you just didn't think those aircraft would ever be retired It's hard to believe none fly any longer with the exception of Iran.
@Jeremiah_Johnson1392 жыл бұрын
Watching this suddenly gave me a flashback of Goose saying "WATCH THE MOUNTAINS!" with Kenny Logins 'Playin' With The Boys' in the background.
@gordonliddy94186 жыл бұрын
that thing has a wicked tight turn radius
@soundknight5 жыл бұрын
The RIO has the biggest balls, imagine the trust of putting someone else in control of the rocket you are flying?
@geemanbmw Жыл бұрын
@9:59-10:04 Speechless
@Iowarail6 жыл бұрын
VF-101, got my ass chewed by CMC Hill while attending F14 mechanic transition there. I was never late again. And had a hell of a leader Senior Chief Sink.
@sanfranciscobay8 жыл бұрын
9:56 fast, low and loud pass.
@ScottBudd8 жыл бұрын
Best part of the entire video.
@DarkOmenX5 жыл бұрын
freaking Amazing Demo and machine
@stevelikesrhino4 жыл бұрын
Looking at that hud, is that a F14D? Is that a freakn F14D!?
@prankthemall69033 жыл бұрын
yep, that's the D model.
@Duality3066 жыл бұрын
That AB sound at 1:27 ....pure porn
@65coupestang6 жыл бұрын
AB Sound the heck does AB stand for may I ask pardon me please I'm not overly up to date on my internet acronyms :-/..!!
@Duality3066 жыл бұрын
After Burner
@patlillis98674 жыл бұрын
Thank God I live in a country that can produce an aircraft like this
@7_6viper812 жыл бұрын
My favorite fighter jet of all time.
@whykatera817 жыл бұрын
Every time I See these in videos the top gun song plays in my head. All way to the danger zone all way too the danger zoooooooooooooone!!!!!!
@parsasajedi26206 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for these marvelous beauties, we would have lost the war to Iraq. RIP Jalil Zandi.
@suchitotoelsalvador69977 жыл бұрын
Couple of the birds at the last, the tail letters looked like CVW-17's AA and the VF-74 emblem. I know the bird flying the show was VF-101.
@mattikdaunis95168 жыл бұрын
I flew F-14 XA's off the Enterprise, it was the most powerfull, capable, fastest, and high kill factor Aircraft on deck. i could out run Hornets and MiGs...
@micheltangy27258 жыл бұрын
Great, Mattik. Were you a Wolfpack?
@rogermahajan75867 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was never defeated in a dog fight in its 30 years of service.
@micheltangy27257 жыл бұрын
XA standing for... ?
@reillybrangan21827 жыл бұрын
Dont know if this guy is legit
@kayakutah7 жыл бұрын
Bull....shit!
@ronaldkonkoma43566 ай бұрын
The 1998 Oceana show does that opening move as soon as the wheels leave the runway
@MaryanneWolf-y6x8 ай бұрын
Oh the beautiful sounds of those loud birds ❤
@ashleyknauss61364 жыл бұрын
I really do miss the f 14's a lot.
@robh46717 жыл бұрын
Awesome Awesome Aircraft and Display low passes high angles of Bank typical F14 ..no other aircraft matches that look
@oldfriend3273 жыл бұрын
I just don't understand why we could not have given our F-14's to the Marines. Seriously. It seems like most people agree the F-14 had great air to ground specs.
@ell8711 Жыл бұрын
likely size issues, it was a massive aircraft
@MaryanneWolf-y6x8 ай бұрын
We got rid of them because they are extremely expensive to maintain/ repair
@doswork5 жыл бұрын
best of the best plane made in history
@bmwr9tracer6682 жыл бұрын
I wanted to be a navy pilot in the 1980s but they wouldn't let me because I was a gaay waad
@billylarrow94424 жыл бұрын
Bring back the Tomcat!! Keep the Warthog!! Nuff said!!
@khwaac5 жыл бұрын
so graceful
@comic143 жыл бұрын
USN should've stayed with the Tomcats flying for demos.
@pilotraider Жыл бұрын
9:59 is the best pass!! Love it!!
@prankthemall69033 жыл бұрын
That's the D model. Only 55 of them were ever build/converted, so you can say it's rare to see footage like that.
@LIamaLlama5542 жыл бұрын
Thanks. What is the tell that it’s a D?
@aceofluftwaffe644428 күн бұрын
@@LIamaLlama554 Under the cockpit, you can see the double chin pod that holds the TCS (camera) and IRST (infrared camera) F-14As didn't have a chin pod and F-14Bs only had the TCS.
@charlcompaan56014 жыл бұрын
Great video and love the crew comments
@kriloxta30004 жыл бұрын
Love you both so much thanks for this amazing gift
@skyraider87 Жыл бұрын
Anyone who knows, what's the alarm going off at 0:28? I'm guessing altitude, but I just want to make sure
As a comparison, The F14 weighs 43,735 pounds empty, rate of climb 45,000 feet per minute. The F16 weighs 18,600 pounds empty, rate of climb 50,000 feet per minute.
@storm1sandy7648 жыл бұрын
F-14. Hughes AWG-9 Radar. Tracks 20 targets at better than 250 miles. Can shot down 6 at 200 miles.
@SamhainBe8 жыл бұрын
Flying Battleship! My dad helped to build those beautiful jets - Grumman Engineering, Grumman Quality, Top Quality Materials. Just ask the pilots who flew them!
@KLRGT500KR7 жыл бұрын
The F-14 B/D with the upgraded GE-110 engines has a total thrust of 60,000 lbs from the two GE-110 engines (42,000 lbs for the older F-14A with the TF-030 Pratt and Whitney engines) while the F-16 has only 29,000 lbs from the one engine so the F-14 B/D had superior thrust to weight ratio. The F-14 B/D would out-accelerate the F-16 going vertical up because of lower wing loading. The F-14 B/D variant with two GE-110 engines had a climb rate of 50,000+ feet per minute (older F-14A with the TF-030 engines had 40,,000 feet per minute). It had a better than 1:1 thrust to weight ratio. It could accelerate faster vertically up than an F-16 because it has much less wing loading because of the larger wing surfaces. Most importantly, the F-14 never lost a battle in its 32 years while the F-16 has lost many battles in its service.
@TheJer19636 жыл бұрын
Rate of climb was 30,000 feet a minute for the Tomcat.
@gamestv48756 жыл бұрын
Anyone here waiting for the DCS Tomcat ?
@MrPnhartley5 жыл бұрын
I already handed them my money...bouncing up and down waiting for release now!
@blackielawless44707 жыл бұрын
I am a curse for myself who has not grown into a fighter pilot.
@marcinszadyn50263 ай бұрын
Most beautiful fighter jet ever👍❤️
@samadgriffin68534 жыл бұрын
Big and beautiful!!
@aandylowe34792 жыл бұрын
Love the r d đ demo 14 with the reheat
@maciejkopyra15404 жыл бұрын
Najpiękniejszy samolot bojowy świata !
@redeyes2325 жыл бұрын
I think i know what my first tat will be a picture of a tomcat with the words "Any where Any time Baby."
@Avofan3 жыл бұрын
I have met Pilots/Rios who flew her. I never saw her fly live 😭😭
@turdferguson2Ай бұрын
The most beautiful fighter ever
@geemanbmw Жыл бұрын
You couldn't even hear the hornet and it looked like a corolla compared to that Tomcat...❤
@zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz5 жыл бұрын
This is giving me Top Gun flashbacks.
@tonyc19564 жыл бұрын
Love the F14. Wish the Yanks hadn't retired it as it's still a very capable aircraft but maintenance costs and upgrades are expensive fleetwide so it's understandable. Still a beautiful aircraft, better looking than F15 imho. Thx
@brianscott43714 жыл бұрын
Miss this jet
@Huub.Aviation.5 ай бұрын
If only I could see the Tomcat fly once more😢
@fabioduarte93132 жыл бұрын
Uma maravilha feita pelo homem
@travisbickle59845 жыл бұрын
This awesome aircraft absolutely wore out its maintainers! BK Baby!
@smokinC56 жыл бұрын
If they made a stealth x-wing fighter with an a10 cannon flown by blondes in bikinis it wouldnt be as cool or as sexy as an f14.
@stijnvandamme764 жыл бұрын
It's a shame they don't let Dale Snodgrass have one to operate in the Warbird circuit...
@saultube445 жыл бұрын
No shaking the tower on the last flight? xD
@sadekgheidan5 жыл бұрын
0:53 it takes off at 300 knots? Or is that kph for some reason?
@okisoba5 жыл бұрын
Their gear was already up. It was a low transition take off where they flew low to the runway before pulling up into the vertical. I guess 300 was the speed they were looking for before pulling straight up. 0:24 you can see him put the gear up.
@samueladams17753 жыл бұрын
Speed is in knots. Gear is up.
@Some_Beach2 жыл бұрын
Man idk how these guys got anything done with having to annotate literally everything.