Videos from airshows on the East coast during the late eighties. I'll be digitizing and editing about one a week. Tons of material to come. Oh yes... and a couple videos of the band I'm in.
This is why ill never trust a soul. A navy pilot but some asshole who can voice anything over. Treason, fraud defamation and stolen valor. this is why i went to Putin for help and why i lost all my faith in god... And why i look at the US flag as darkness treading on light and why i look at the soviet flag as the real "Dont Tread On Me Unless you want to lie in pool of blood" that makes their flag red. Thats why the Russian Federation flag is like ice as Russia is on hybernation and when Putin says Russia has done enough goodwill for hope of peace so they pull the tong and cicle and why I look at Ukraine Trident as eagle falling from sky like trap. They get US boot on the ground, then melt the ice coming out of hybernation then kicking the real war off. They use north korean and iran teck to see if that can stand up. Then when Iranian and North korea has fire power to take all of Ukraine, They wheel out their real tech and launch it on Europe. The Iran flag is a nuke going off in DC and thats the washington monument. If Iran is half ass compared to Russian and they can get a nuke to take out DC, they will hit us all at once. China's only purpose is to keep US from rolling into Eurassia and thats what Xi means by "Iron wall. Thats why I get pissed when people in the US only care about sexually exploiting children ans seeing Trump in office. Excuse my cough since ive been smoking 3 packs a ciggs a day. US in on the brink of collapse but people dont give a shit about anything but them selves. Thats why I lean on Guys like John Chapman and Michael Murphy. I dont like to scare people so I keep my mouth shut and all they do is Brag about gang raping children like eating cake with extra frosting and they took things that I said but regreated because they scar people and they take that and make movies and money and flood prapagando that talks about being okay to rape children and why im afariad if i enlist, they will just kill me on the battle field asnd go home and rape my children and my wife. Thats why i dont give a shit aboutg having my leg blown of by guys like Gary Oneil and Rob Oneil then dragging me into torture chamber then thats when the real torture thoughts. me being tortured worse than any human being has ever been while they rape my children in front of me and take turns whipping their dicks off with the American flag... I actually thought he was Russian since John Brennan talked about wanting to clean the house of Russians but could not get support so they started clipping guys and showing them die on camera with the audio. He would smerk talking about group of eight almost like evil eight conjecture. I know that because they kept hitting me with things like that and the dasy sick video and i thought the Russians took over entir city but then realised it was the CIA and they wanted me dead like rock and hard place. Russia nuking US and CIA wanting me dead like Snodgrass and made example of...
I saw him put the F14 in a tail stand and sit almost motionless for a second in the middle of the runway at Pratt & Whitney. Fuel and vapors were spewing on the ground. We could feel the thrust on our faces. He continued vertical into a cloudless blue sky until we couldn’t see him anymore. I never knew if it was something wrong that he recovered from, or if it was all intentional. But he was dam impressive to say the least, and I remembered his name from that day. Years later when I opened the page of Air & Space showing him coming around the carrier with wing tip below deck, the hair on the back of my neck rose again and I knew it was him.
Well, it was supposed to be the replacement for the B-52's. The most sofisicated military jet ever produced at thst time serving from the late 60's up to the early 90's. Thanks G.D.
I had the privilege to meet Snort on a few occasions. He was kind and a true professional. No one flew the Tomcat like he did! I was honored to do a tribute chat about Snort with another F-14 pilot who I greatly admire... you can find it on my channel. RIP Snort.
Who remembers the “Joker Pods?” I think they had the alert F-106 squadron. Deactivated in 1987. My first mid shift ever was outside those. I miss all the awesome birds I’d see during a MITO or KLAXON. 🇺🇸🫡
I saw him perform many times but my favorites where at the "high on Kalamazoo" air show where he always put on a great show. A highlight was always the flight of the Grumman "cats". A great aviator RIP.
He was my boss in VF-143, The World Famous Pukin' Dogs. He was the QAO when I ran QA. This is when he was selected as Fighter Pilot of the Year. He was a great person to work for and arguably the best F-14 Driver ever. Gone way too soon! RIP Captain!
man those are some tight turn radius' on display. The Tomcat was HUGE, much bigger than the F-15 or the F-16 but the aerodynamics of the aircraft made it possible to make those tight turns.
Just yesterday I watched a video that went over the NTSB final report on Snort's fatal accident, with the cause being his failure to disengage the flight control lock before takeoff. Just goes to show that even the greatest pilots can make a simple but fatal mistake if they lose their focus and get into a hurry.
I was there in 1987 as an 7 year kid. My dad was stationed there and we went every year. I stared at the f14 as if it was a naked woman. My favorite plane. I used to ride my bike to the runways edge and watch these birds take off and land.
Is this base still open? I remember always seeing the big plane with the satellite on top. Plane was going pretty low & slow. I guess they was just practicing
Where to begin on how awesome this is. The loose flight suits, the jog out to planes, taking off with the canopies open!, the way the slot kicks in that skidding turn right after takeoff, it's all just so raw and badass. Don't getme wrong, love the blues today, but this is the ultimate for me. America at it's peak. Absolutely no BS. Oh, and the formation landing.
Don't want to have it sound so sad but these were the planes I first saw them fly at Los Alamitos NAS maybe even that year (no later than '58). Before my cousins and step bros were born. The planes, the NAS, the people I was with and even the front yard we watched from are all gone. Except me.
