[USNBandit]

When I was a kid this is the only jet I waned to fly

It was an awesome airplane when it was behaving itself. It could be a scary airplane when it decided to not behave. I always felt it was an honest airplane to fly, not the departure prone airplane some people made it out to be. The problem was that Grumman wanted so much out of the airframe that it was very complex, with a tendency for pinballing emergencies. The aircrew needed to really be up to speed if they wanted to be safe and mitigate those issues.

Here is my answer to the most common question I got on the F-14. Mach 1.9 straight and level in a slick A model at 35K.

[Vision]

Since you were a F14 pilot, I’d love to hear anything more you think about it.

I’m just a punk Maryland boy who used to visit the Academy on Boy Scout trips and wished I could fly for the Navy.

I literally used to go to sleep at night staring at F14s posters on my wall hoping it would work out one day. To me it was more than just another jet model for some reason. It encompassed the aggressiveness of America.