Posted on 01/12/2014 6:10:37 PM PST by US Navy Vet
At approach speed you should still be 1.3 times the stall speed. So a yaw at those speeds is not a problem. A common misconception among pilots is a yaw in a stall leads to a spin. That is incorrect. A skid in a stall can lead to a spin. A slip in a stall should not lead to a spin.
The operational reality is, the front seat of an F-14 is one the absolute pinnacles of aviation's meritocracy.
You earn the position by waging a constant war of skill and competency against the many checks and balances that NEVER stop saying: "You can't do that and if you do, you will die trying." and "How can I kill you today?"
Those checks and balances don't care what PC has to say about much of anything, especially not about how unfair it all is.
Instead, those checks and balances only talk about consequence, and when ignored they usually just say "I told you so" and/or "Rest In Peace".
Such a loss. Could have just said "no" and lived another day, instead of becoming a casualty of the PC war that should never have been fought.
What does Fate write on the tomb of the PC Soldier?
"Here Lies a Casualty of a Lost Cause"
I was there, V-2 Div, Waist Cats. Ah, it seems like a lifetime ago.
VAQ-133...didn’t you send planes to the JFK?
Thanks for your service...:)
The F-14 community had a habit of flying garbage and writing off stalls as always being pilot induced, when some of those engines needed to be pulled. Don't know the history on her engine. I've seen worse starts and never seen a stall like that.
By the time the Tomcat was being phased out half of the fleet was still flying A models with the old engine and old radar. One of my squadrons was decommissioned in the mid 90s and the other one rode the A model until they transitioned to F-18F’s.
The TF-30 was so bad that most of use wore “Pratt and Whitney, Dependable Engines” t-shirts as a joke.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.