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To: sukhoi-30mki

i was in the navy during the late ‘70’s (carter years)...

i was on the FID with the F-4’s, and the Kennedy with the F-14’s ( i was a plane captain, worked the flight deck )..

the F-14’s were magnificent birds, with one problem..

after they landed and shut down, you needed at least 6 55 gallon drums, with the top cut off and on wheels, to catch the hydraulic fluid that would leak out of them..

then, before they took off ( after they had been started ) you would have to pump close to 200 gallons of fluid into them so they could fly...

basic design flaw, and it pretty much rendered the bird useless...

40 posted on 02/25/2015 3:30:35 PM PST by joe fonebone (a socialist is just a juvenile communist)

To: joe fonebone

Hey-I was a plane captain in VA-46 1975-1979...:)

45 posted on 02/25/2015 8:00:02 PM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)

To: joe fonebone

I thought they leaked a lot of fuel...I remember seeing all the drums underneath them when they were tied down on the fantail. I always thought it was for JP5 leaks! Guess I was never curious enough to go peek inside...

47 posted on 02/25/2015 8:10:10 PM PST by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)

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