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 10/18/2006 10:37:55 AM · #1
Hope you like... last flight was to Farmingdale N.Y.
This aircraft is going to Bethpage, where she was designed.
Last F-14 Flight and Demil photos
 10/18/2006 10:54:32 AM · #2
Nice tibute to the last cat
 10/18/2006 11:03:39 AM · #3
Thanks, it was a lot of work but well worth it. Many more pictures are on my website. It was very sad to watch.

I also made a video from shots I took over the last few years at the American Airpower Museum
American Airpower Museum Photographs by derf
 10/18/2006 11:22:38 AM · #4
That was f'ing awsome. As a former Navy guy, I served with Tomcats from 89-93. VF-14 and VF-32. It brought a tear to me. Yes I'm choked up. I have seen those birds do more than most poeple. Knowing that the most deadly plane won't be flying anymore, hurts. It was a most graceful flyer and a most powerful weapon. Those who have been a part of its life are forever touched by it. Your tribute is most fitting and I thank you.

Chris
 10/18/2006 11:27:08 AM · #5
very cool vid... sad to see that F-14 go... :-(

they were my favorite fighter jets :-(
 10/18/2006 11:43:38 AM · #6
Originally posted by cryan:
and I thank you.

Chris


No sir, Thank You!
 10/19/2006 03:05:47 PM · #7
AWSOME!!

Growing up, I admired those birds!!

GOOD JOB WITH THIS!!
 10/19/2006 03:15:28 PM · #8
That was awesome! Perfect soundtrack.
 10/24/2006 08:40:38 PM · #9
That was absolutely incredible. Awesome, awesome job. Made me cry like a baby, too.
10/24/2006 09:12:41 PM · #10
With the F-4Phantom II and now the F-14 Tomcat gone, we have lost a big capability that really has not been filled. We need to hope for peace.
 10/24/2006 09:53:51 PM · #11
Wow, that was awesome! Great job
 10/24/2006 09:57:06 PM · #12
Good job as usual Fred. How did you manage to get up top for the shots to the cockpit?
 10/24/2006 10:44:50 PM · #13
Great choice of songs there. "On a steel horse I ride" fits perfectly. Very nice shots, your hard work paid off. Thanks for sharing. That was one hell of a plane, a true workhorse. No doubt we'll see more retirements of other planes in the near future. I remember when they retired the SR-71, that was one sad day.
 10/27/2006 10:10:53 AM · #14
Originally posted by MrEd:
Good job as usual Fred. How did you manage to get up top
for the shots to the cockpit?


Well, the ones from the back left were from on top of the inlet as far
foward as possible and you head would be where the light is in this shot


I was lucky enough to be the last person in the cockpit before
sealing. The guys doing the work say it will never be opened unless
someone breaks the glass. It is just that hard to do, all equipment
removed and the handle for the canopy has been removed. NO WAY TO
UNLOCK THE CANOPY, and if you could do that, it would be a massive
effort to get the canop up if unlocked.

If it was the ones were I was standing in the cockpit, I asked.

Thanks for all the kind words guys - :)
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