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In post #40 on 8/8/2006 hiramknight wrote: "I don't have photos or video. I don't recall the pilots name, I just remember that he was a full captain, which I found unusual that someone of that rank would be flying a flight demo. It was one of those moments that started out like "yea, yea, yea. Ive seen dozens of different flight demos, let's go get a beer", that turned into one of the most unforgetable moments in my life. It was almost mystical so to speak."

Could the pilot have been USN Captain Dale "Snort" Snodgrass? The F-14 pilot that did this famous and amazing 1989 maneuver near the USS America?

(Photo source: http://aerofiles.com/f14flyby.html)

Captain Snodgrass talks about the maneuver, and much more, in the following interview with John "Spoons" Sponauer:

"Q&A: Capt. Dale "Snort" Snodgrass (USN, Ret)" by John "Spoons" Sponauer: http://www.sponauer.com/snodgrass/index.html

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Image link: http://www.aviation-fr.info/militaire/murduson/F14%20Tomcat%20066.jpg

Via: http://www.aviation-fr.info/militaire/IIB1.php (page 1), http://www.aviation-fr.info/militaire/IIB2.php (page 2)

Prandtl-Glauert Condensation Clouds and the F-14 Tomcat:
1. http://FluidMech.net/tutorials/sonic/prandtl-glauert-clouds.htm (Prandtl-Glauert vapor cloud tutorial)
2. http://www.GalleryOfFluidMechanics.com/conden/pg_sing.htm
3. http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20040817.htm
4. http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20040818.htm