I heard it has two pilots because it could pull some deadly Gs and having a backup pilot increased the survival rate on dogfigths.
Meanwhile modern figthers like the F-22 and F-35 are single seat only.
Was the F-14 the best figther ever made?
I heard it has two pilots because it could pull some deadly Gs and having a backup pilot increased the survival rate on dogfigths.
Meanwhile modern figthers like the F-22 and F-35 are single seat only.
F 15 is the best but F14 is way more kino
That's retarded. The back seater ran the radar. That's why he was called a Radar Intercept Officer. And no, it wasn't the best. It was, perhaps, the best of type when it was built. It was a fucking maintenance nightmare with a rotten rate of readiness, and as soon as modern warbirds came on the scene it was gracefully retired.
>gracefully
Shredded and thrown overboard isnt what i'd call graceful.
>he actually believes they were destroyed
if they keep F-117's in fully serviced condition, they have Tomcat's squirrelled away somewhere
In terms of pure performance in the air, completely irrespective of all costs and logistics and difficulties outside of flying and fighting well when it was at it's best possible condition, what would you say is the best fighter ever made?
F-35 > F-22 >>> anything else we know of
Thanks, I'm always curious about people's take on that question.
The big advantage of the Tomcat was the AIM-54 Phoenix missile. Once technology advanced past it the platform lost it's edge.
>because it could pull some deadly Gs and having a backup pilot increased the survival rate on dogfigths.
Because G force only affects one pilot at a time
I will always rate the f15 as the king of fighter jets. F22, ive flown that, it sucks. Always feel sick after flying it.
What is a retired AF pilot with hours in the Raptor doing on a Argentinian pottery restoration website?
This you? Also wasn't there an issue with the F-22 identified as the cause of pilot sickness that finally got fixed?
Dude you have to be more blunt when you're baiting, say that the F-14 would beat the F-35 because [reason]
>I heard it has two pilots because it could pull some deadly Gs and having a backup pilot increased the survival rate on dogfigths.
>Meanwhile modern figthers like the F-22 and F-35 are single seat only.
I got half a dozen busted veinlets in my eyes from the sheer cringe of reading this
Two seaters > incelcrafts
No but I don't care, it is the best in my heart
>I heard it has two pilots because it could pull some deadly Gs and having a backup pilot increased the survival rate on dogfigths
You must be 18 to post here
It was quantum leap over previous designs. The rest of your post is retarded.
There used to be an SR71 and an F14 at the NYC Intrepid. I had no idea how enormous they were. Conversely, the Concorde, which I though was huge, is a tiny jet. The seating on the Concorde is ridiculous for what the price was. It makes economy seating look like business class.
the sr71 at the intrepid is an a12 and last time i was there they had the f14
it provides the most HNNNNGG