Happy 50th to the F-14 Tomcat
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Happy 50th to the F-14 Tomcat
Happy 50th to the legendary Grumman F-14 Tomcat
And my photos of the 12th YF-14 during visit back in Feb to March ARB museum.
cheers
And my photos of the 12th YF-14 during visit back in Feb to March ARB museum.
cheers
As shown onboard USS Intrepid for years. I seem to remember it used to be in cinemascope format back then.
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Fascinating read, see ORAC’s post..
ON RAY’S FIRST day of work at Garrett, in Torrance, California, the personnel manager walked him over to a box and took off its lid. Inside was what looked like a big heavy transmission. “It was quite pretty, gears and cams and gold and silver or chrome,” Ray says. He was looking at a mechanical flight computer for an F-4 Phantom. You are the only person in your department to have taken a computer design class, the man said. Your job is to turn this into a 100 percent electronic computer for a new airplane.
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Hehehee, I just seen it, must be a radar return,.... or the plonk I’m working through toasting you all at Christmas..
Apologies ORAC... don’t worry you’re not on Santa’s naughty list this year
Apologies ORAC... don’t worry you’re not on Santa’s naughty list this year
