GUESS WHAT , EVERY MORNING THEY PRACTICE THEIR AIR SHOW FOR THE TIGER CRUISE ,, IT'S AWSOME ,, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ACROBATICS ,ESPECIALLY AFTER YESTERDAYS MID-AIR COLLISION ,, TWO F-14'S WHERE FLYING AND ONE GOT INTO ANOTHER AND HIT HIS REAR VERTICAL STABILIZER RIPPING IT COMPLETLY OFF AND DAMAGED THE OTHER ONES WING PRETTY BAD , THEY BOTH WERE ABLE TO MAKE A LANDING BUT IT WAS AWSOME . AS FOR THE SHOW , IT IS MORE LIKE A DEMONSTRTION. THEY ARE GOING TO DO A ,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,. I DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT ,,YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
The Tiger Cruise he referred to is where my husband and I get to spend 3 days on board the Enterprise while it makes its way back to Norfolk.
As for Yo-Yo's question about frequent accidents -- there have only been two within the last 6 months that my son wrote me about. One involved a wheel that snapped off during a landing and flew across the deck, hit a rescue truck, and seriously bruised a crewman's ankle. The other was when one of the crew backed a rescue truck off the deck -- he jumped out just before it fell into the ocean.
Much better shows than those done at airbases, because you are cleared to break the sound barrier near the ship.
Thank you for your son's service.
That's really scary. The guy was lucky that he only got bruised.