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Flight Test Files: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
NASA Dryden played a key role in advancing the Grumman F-14 Tomcat's capabilities through two major research programs. From ...
When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flew in 1970 ... The Tomcat was the first aircraft to use a microprocessor-driven flight system, as well as the first microprocessor unit (MPU) ever demonstrated ...
After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was there at Naval Air Station Oceana to document the aircraft's final flight, as Hampton Roads bid ...
His choice of airframe was the venerable F-14 Tomcat, complete with wings that swing out for landing and swing in for high-speed flight. This isn’t just taking off-the-shelf receivers and ...
As the F-14 tomcat rounded the fantail on the aircraft carrier’s port side, Dale Snodgrass whipped it into an 85-degree banked turn. With its right wingtip below the flight deck, the jet sliced ...
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Remember the scene ... pulling up the nose of his F-14 Tomcat, and watching his opponent fly right by? The idea was to get a quick, unexpected position behind ...