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NO ONE can purchase Tomcats ! DoD won't sell any tactical turbine aircraft !
Yanks in Chino has two F-14As. They traded their third one to Planes of Fame.
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It shouldn't be a cause for concern, though, as even your President wouldn't be stupid enough to start another war before he finishes the two he's currently got!
Mike, thank you for interjecting your worthless political opinion in an otherwise interesting discussion. I know you were trying to elicit a response, so I just wanted to indulge you.
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what s.o.b. u.s. company is providing the spare parts to keep those iranian wacko warbird tomcats flying?? i think a congressional cavity search is in order!!! the fact that they are still flying after all these years of diplomatic sniping smells crappy to this tax payer!! :vom: :rip:

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bdk wrote:
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NO ONE can purchase Tomcats ! DoD won't sell any tactical turbine aircraft !
Yanks in Chino has two F-14As. They traded their third one to Planes of Fame


So, they purchased them from the Navy outright? Or, they're "on loan" from NMNA like every other one is?

The moratoreum is on flight, anyway, so unless Iran wants to sell their Tomcats, there won't be any flying in the US in provate hands soon.
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So, they purchased them from the Navy outright? Or, they're "on loan" from NMNA like every other one is?
I don't know the specifics unfortunately.
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bdk wrote:
RickH wrote:
NO ONE can purchase Tomcats ! DoD won't sell any tactical turbine aircraft !
Yanks in Chino has two F-14As. They traded their third one to Planes of Fame.
Mike wrote:
It shouldn't be a cause for concern, though, as even your President wouldn't be stupid enough to start another war before he finishes the two he's currently got!
Mike, thank you for interjecting your worthless political opinion in an otherwise interesting discussion. I know you were trying to elicit a response, so I just wanted to indulge you.


How are they "demiled" to prevent future flying? Spars cut?
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bdk wrote:
RickH wrote:
NO ONE can purchase Tomcats ! DoD won't sell any tactical turbine aircraft !
Yanks in Chino has two F-14As. They traded their third one to Planes of Fame.


I know BDK is in the area and probably sees these airframes from time-to-time, but for the benefit of others, here are pictures of the F-14s at Yanks and PoF...

PoF - "160686"
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 1775IaCbXS

Yanks - "160686"
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 1775zQbbkE

Yanks - 158985
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 1775fOHUhC

Yanks - 162687
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 1775KsGyJj

Yanks - 160928
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 1775ndWfHO
http://community.webshots.com/photo/268 ... 1775SbmELN

As you can see in some of these pictures, "demilled" at the very least includes removal of the engines. It also seemed that at the time Yanks had a small scale scrapping operation underway. I didn't ask to confirm.

One item of note. The airframe at the PoF had a panel on one side with the BuNo markings "160686". One of the airframes at Yanks had the opposite panel with the same BuNo marked on it. It would seem that parts have been swapped. If anyone is going to be visiting these museums could you take a closer look at these two airframes? It would be nice to confirm the IDs of these two F-14s.

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bdk wrote:
Mike, thank you for interjecting your worthless political opinion in an otherwise interesting discussion. I know you were trying to elicit a response, so I just wanted to indulge you.

bdk,

I feel that your comment is unwarranted. I am therefore asking you politely you to edit it accordingly.

Thank you.
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mrhenniger wrote:
One item of note. The airframe at the PoF had a panel on one side with the BuNo markings "160686". One of the airframes at Yanks had the opposite panel with the same BuNo marked on it. It would seem that parts have been swapped. If anyone is going to be visiting these museums could you take a closer look at these two airframes? It would be nice to confirm the IDs of these two F-14s.

Mike,

Several websites, including Yanks own and the F-14 Tomcat Association, list '160671' as being in the Yanks collection.

http://www.yanksair.com/planes.htm

http://www.f-14association.com/display.htm

Looking at the picture in the Registry of '160671' I'd say that the Yanks '160686' airframe you have pictured is in fact '160671'. Therefore, logically, the true '160686' should be the one at PoF.

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/re ... 60671.html

I hope this helps.
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