Tribute to the f-14 tomcat

[sunk]

cuz it looks nicer (except the bottom), looks cooler, faster, could carry more things, more sophisticated, has a huge radar, way longer range, more original and unique

as for being less tactile, it was made before the f-18 so what the **** did you expect einstein?

nice try capt. obvious

Aircraft are designed for a SPECIFIC purpose. They have to be created in order to meet some operational specifications. When the f14 coudn't adapt, it was phased out.
Once more, The f14 has a lesser range than f18. Proof? www.fas.org

Again on being tactile, the MiG-29 came before Sukhoi 30, but was Su30 more tactile?
NO, it wasn't.

[whiteballz]

MiG 29 rocks serious ass. some of the tricks it can pull straight out of takeoff are scary

[pAinTrAin]

Me being Canadian we all miss the Arvo Arrow...the greatest Jet of all time and no one can ever taker that away from us.

[KonaGreen]

Me being Canadian we all miss the Arvo Arrow...the greatest Jet of all time and no one can ever taker that away from us.

I shall raise a beer to that.

[The_Canuck]

it's a damn shame they never really used it.

[pAinTrAin]

it's a damn shame they never really used it.

Thats why we need a time machine!

[Zondaboy1]

i was privelaged to sit in one of the Black Aces F14s back in Dubai..
im gona miss this jet, a very awesome peice of machinery

[aNOBLEman]

Thats why we need a time machine!

Also they were scrapped so quickly because a Soviet spy was in the factory. Compare the Avro to a Foxbat. The similarities are crazy.

[tmnt_ppn]

AIM-54 Phoenix was the missile's name. Wasn't very accurate, more of a detterent

r u sure? i thought it is very accurate, just very expensive, lot more than the AIM-120.

[Matra et Alpine]

Also they were scrapped so quickly because a Soviet spy was in the factory. Compare the Avro to a Foxbat. The similarities are crazy.

You got a citation for that story ?

The reality is that the US "stole" more than any Soviet Spy could.

After testing the Arrow in the NACA Langley wind tunnel for USAF evaluation the intakes and wing shape were quickly adapted to the Phantom in development at the time. ( The engine designs having previously been "shared" already )

Another "interestign" story of the time is that Dulles told the Canadians that the Arrow wasn't needed as the CIA information showed that the USSR had 1/10th of the bomber fleet that the US were reporting. Clearly building up a large military force was as important to lie over as it is now )

http://www.avroarrow.org/Cancellation.htm is a great read for plane nerds

[aNOBLEman]

You got a citation for that story ?

The reality is that the US "stole" more than any Soviet Spy could.

After testing the Arrow in the NACA Langley wind tunnel for USAF evaluation the intakes and wing shape were quickly adapted to the Phantom in development at the time. ( The engine designs having previously been "shared" already )

Another "interestign" story of the time is that Dulles told the Canadians that the Arrow wasn't needed as the CIA information showed that the USSR had 1/10th of the bomber fleet that the US were reporting. Clearly building up a large military force was as important to lie over as it is now )

http://www.avroarrow.org/Cancellation.htm is a great read for plane nerds

I saw it on History Channel: Planes of the Cold War or something like that. The Arrow project was cancelled because the Canadian government needed the money for something else (can't remember what). The prototypes were then scrapped very quickly. Also did you compare the two planes? They are very similar. After the Arrow project was cancelled Avro started working on a flying saucer prototype airplane which turned out to be a failure.

[sunk]

^^Wasn't it rejected in favour of the Valkyrie? This is because MiG 25 was supposed to be a Valkyrie interceptor.

[aNOBLEman]

^^Wasn't it rejected in favour of the Valkyrie? This is because MiG 25 was supposed to be a Valkyrie interceptor.

Nope, for some reason the government of Canada needed the money that was being spent on the Arrow, I think that it might have been welfare. The Valkyrie was made so that it could outrun everything the Russians had, but then they made the Foxbat which looks extremely similar to the Arrow.

[d-quik]

Again on being tactile, the MiG-29 came before Sukhoi 30, but was Su30 more tactile?
NO, it wasn't.

...you can't COMPARE TWO AIRCRAFTS OF COMPLETELY DIFRERNET PURPOSES DAMMIT!

[Falcon500]

The f-14 was a fantasitic jet and the way it looks and the way it works really sparks the imagination. Its a real shame to hear that but i suppose it was comming.