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To: CommerceComet
Not only is the F-14 a great fighter, Tomcat is the coolest name ever given to a plane.

The Tomcat was not named for a 'cat', like the other Grumman fighters, but for Adm. Tom Connelly, who saved the Navy from the F-111.

69 posted on 08/27/2004 4:07:28 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Pukin Dog

Didn't ADM Connely lose his job over that? I seem to recall reading that somewheres.


73 posted on 08/27/2004 4:20:52 PM PDT by Long Cut (The Constitution...the NATOPS of America!)
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