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Last Tomcat Launch
keenan
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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 04:40 PM UTC
Below is a link to the last catapult launch of an F-14. End of an era...
Shaun

http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/articles/military_photos_200672923350.asp
Lucky13
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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 05:59 PM UTC
She'll be sorely missed......

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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 08:28 PM UTC

A great plane.
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 11:53 PM UTC
I remember the frst time I saw a Turkey. It was at a small air show/road race in 1980 at Barnes ANG in Westfield MA. There was this huge, gangly looking thing, sitting much taller in the legs than an F-101 Voodoo.
The most impressive flight I saw was a few years later at an air show at Otis Air Force base on Cape Cod. The clouds were low and intermittantly raining. A cat took off and did some low manuevers then punched it. That badboy made a hole in the clouds!
The rumble of those big engines at near full throttle for a touch and go.....
coolguytazz
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Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 10:48 PM UTC
here on long island where i live they had a big party for the tom cat.
at the air power musem.
they had 3 tom cats there
here is a link for some pics

http://www.lioddities.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=2590
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