Pilot in a famous F-14 Tomcat/USS America photo:
“Snodgrass was a legendary F-14 pilot in the U.S. Navy and was famously photographed in a knife edge pass close to the USS America aircraft carrier in 1988. Snodgrass was the F-14 demo pilot for Navy for more than a decade and has flown a laundry list of warbirds at airshows around the country.”
Photo here:
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/dale-snort-snodgrass-reportedly-killed-in-idaho-accident/
More than 3000 hours in the F-14; 400 carrier landings. Quite the pilot!
One of the men standing close to the JBD was the Admiral LOL. We called Tomcats ventilation cleaners. Fly one Tomcat by at FD level full speed and every ventilation duct on the ship blew out dust. My shop would be swamped for two weeks cleaning filters.