I was about to fly the prototype F-14A with improved ARI the day on which the chief USN test pilot spun it to the Chesapeake Bay. Even the most experienced might find this regime too much for them to handle.
Small world! If you're talking about the #619 test bed Turkey that DD Smith and Pete Angilina spun into the bay, DD and I flew that bird the week before they lost it at Strike.
Dudley Henriques