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Odie
March 22nd, 2015, 11:47
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/an-elite-f-14-airman-explains-why-the-tomcat-was-so-imp-1610043625

Sorry if it's already been posted but it was new to me.....
ViperPilot2
March 22nd, 2015, 15:00
Thanks for the Link, Odie!

Just bought the Kindle version of Bye Bye Baby; looks like an interesting read!

BTW I love your Signature; my sentiments exactly! :applause:
Navy Chief
March 22nd, 2015, 15:49
Tomcats were awesome! They just looked badass, just sitting in chocks on the flight line.

Hornets/Superbugs? ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz Lawndarts

NC
Anthin
March 22nd, 2015, 18:59
Tomcats ruled the skies.Loved watching the displays
at the Abbotsford Airshow in BC.

Talking to the crew was always great.Miss that a lot.

Anthin.
AusWilko
March 22nd, 2015, 20:20
I have both "Bye Bye Baby...!" and "Anytime, Baby! Hail and farewell to the US Navy F-14 Tomcat" and love both
Victory103
March 23rd, 2015, 09:06
I can always re-read that article. I think I have just about every book on the Tomcat, being a fan well before a certain movie came out and went back to watch VF-84 in another movie as a kid splash 2 Zeros.

For the more recent books with the last actions of the F-14 as a Bombcat, Osprey books "F-14 Units of OEF and OIF" are good to read as well.
Odie
March 24th, 2015, 09:33
Victory103, this is one along the same lines of the OSPREY books, good reading and pics:

http://www.amazon.com/Grumman-Tomcat-Combat-American-Aircraft/dp/2352500737/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1427218250&sr=8-23&keywords=f-14+tomcat

If you don't already have it. I'm like you, I have to check my list to make sure I don't already have one before buying!
Victory103
March 24th, 2015, 12:23
Odie,
Thanks, didn't have it but do now (ordered), along with just about every title under the "Customers also bought..." banner!
ViperPilot2
March 24th, 2015, 18:31
Bye Bye Baby was so much fun to read, I couldn't put it down last night!

I understand why the USN had to let the Tomcat go, but boy, did she LIVE!

:applause:
Odie
March 25th, 2015, 06:49
VP2 - Another fun read is TOP GUN DAYS, written by one of the Navy aviators that did the flying sequences for TOPGUN. It's part movie-history and partly bio on his Navy days. I always
thought the Tomcat was cheated when it didn't get a best actor/supporting actor nomination that year!
ViperPilot2
March 25th, 2015, 07:39
Thanks for the gouge, Odie! Methinks another Kindle purchase is forthcoming! :untroubled: