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.: Getting Ready :. F14 Tomcat

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This came out better than I expected, though not quite in the way that I expected...

This would be the Grumman F14 Tomcat, a supersonic variable-sweep wing fighter used for a little while by the United States Navy. This is probably my favorite airplane... But I suppose that's not terribly interesting since its also one of the few airplanes I can actually identify on sight. >>;

As I was growing up, my dad had these binders. Every few weeks or so we would get another set of cards to go in them that had information about a different airplane. I apparently immediately fell in the love with the F14. It was definitely one of my favorites at the Air and Space Museum in Los Angeles...

Its been a long time since I recalled some of those memories... My dad has since lost or parted with those binders and after my dream of being a fighter pilot was summarily crushed -taps glasses-, I rather lost touch with my airplane attachments... So here's a nostalgia-bomb.

F-14 Tomcat on a carrier deck.
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Your perspective and shading is stunning...interestingly enough, the F-14 was also my favorite Air-Superiority fighter jet when I was a kid. However, when I became interested in the military, started doing research, and joined the military, I realized just how badass the newer ones (the F-22, F-35, F-18 A, etc.) trumped the old warplane.

Even so, this one remains one of my classic favorites...