It takes one or two people to launch an air force jet! The navy needs about 10! And you did not see the low tire or low nose strut! Close to a running engine intake.😮
I was probably there. I remember watching Dale "Snort" Snodgrass (RIP) coming in from the right, doing his trademark loooow high speed pass in the Tomcat during that era. The Harrier jump jet Demo. Fat Albert JATO takeoff. AH-64 demo rising up out of the trees show center. The night show with the jumpers with glow sticks on their bodies descending on the field. A FF Eagle doing an early morning sneak pass through the cool September air.
Man the airshows in the 90s at Miramar were 2nd to none!!!‼️ I do not remember the exact year (had to be between 91-95) but I remember two Tomcats taking off at the same time on opposite ends of each other, both on one of Miramars two run ways and going straight into the vertical ‼️ They both then spent the next 20mins Strafing & BombCatting the flight-line!!! This wasn’t even the F14 Demo either ‼️😭 Morning Tomcat Full Burner Takeoff and fly by for the national anthem, Bombcat Stratfing, Top Gun Demo where the tomcat chases an F16 or 18 and THEN THE F14D DEMO 🥶🖤💯🙌🏿 A full day / weekend of a huge gorgeous fighter ripping the Skies up over SD Miramar!!! What a time to be alive!! #AmazingChildHood
Bro its airbrakes its nothing futuristic....the new su35 dont even have that feature...and its totally different from "f35 type thing" ur r talking about...u r refering to the opening for the extra fan which provides lift for vtol , exclusive only to f35's B or marine variant ...both are completely different functions
I love the Tomcat too. As well as Capt. Snort Snodgrass, but I think the F-14 and its variants were kinda underpowered. Especially the A model. It was just too big a fighter in my opinion with limited maneuverability. Forget Top Gun. Unless Snort was flying, an F-15 or F-16 could easily have taken it. The Navy has always done the best with what they have been given. Don't get me started on the Marines.
I got to actually meet Bri. Gen. R. Steve Ritchie at the Little Rock AFB Open House in October 1998, got an autograph and had my picture taken with him!
My former air base with VF-41 along side VF-84 and training squadron VF-101... didn't have airshows at that time.... bummer. Would have been out at see anyway...oh well....I miss that bird. Good to see it finally received an upgrade on the old TF-30 engine...🤳😎
