All Ice had to do was cut the throttle and wave off down and left. But no, he guns the throttle and, knowing Maverick is behind him, cuts up and right like a greedy prick.
That's not the move to take. First, if you have a guy right behind you, you don't cut throttle and turn more into the port turn that both you and your wingman are already in, and second, your job once you peel off is to immediately get in a position behind your wingman to support him as lead, and you don't bleed your energy and drop altitude to do that because it puts you in terrible shape to quickly get in proper position to support your guy, you cut out at high speed and out of the turn gaining altitude so you can then easily use your speed and altitude leverage to catch up to and get behind your guy in a matter of seconds. Ice did it the right way, Maverick was maybe a bit too close behind him but the problem (in the movie and the real life problem with the F-14A) was that the TF-30 engines that the A model Tomcats had were prone to flaming out with even minor interruptions to their air intake flow, which is why the rest of the Tomcats were powered by a newer, more powerful, and much more reliable engine.
with mavericks accident, i think there was to much intake of air, while during the flatspin, and caused the aircraft to stall. i dont think maverick could of restarted in the engines. it was going to happen. but i am surprised during engine failure, the ejection seats still work.
those seats arent powered by the engines. they're literally just rocket motors strapped to the bottom of the seat. they have a safety pin that is removed before flight which prevents ignition . all you have to do is pull the lanyards that you see done in the movie or pull the ejection handle by the side of the seat which triggers the ignition of the motor. nothing electrical about it at all . i only know because i'm a former F-14 Tomcat Plane Captain.
