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Old 17th Apr 2019, 08:31
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Originally Posted by Tengah Type
The F14 incident was on 20 June 1973 when another Grumman test pilot, Pete Purvis, was flying with WSO William Sherman from Point Mugu in California. They fired an AIM 7E Sparrow, which pitched up after launch and hit a fuel tank. Both ejected safely.
I recall one of our instructors, around 1969, had a similar near miss In an F4M.
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