F-14 Demo's ???

Trey Carroll · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:56 pm

Does anyone know if there is going to be any of the awesome F-14 demo's this year? Being the last year I would think they would send out a team.

P.S. I posted this here cause I don't know where else to put it :lol:

Trey

RickH · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:00 pm

The word is that the last flyable Tomcats will be going to museums as static display aircraft by May of this year.

The patch worn by the demo crews at Oceana last year were a take off of the famous " Any Time Baby " patch.

It read " Last Time Baby".

Eric Friedebach · **Posted:** Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:02 pm

Trey Carroll wrote:

Does anyone know if there is going to be any of the awesome F-14 demo's this year?

Here you go.

RickH · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:21 pm

Eric, Trey asked if the Navy would be sending out a team. I took that to mean would it be included with the other TAC Demos available to airshows across the country.

From the Navy event site, the only fighter TAC Demos available will be Hornets; regular and super.

The new Navy; one size fits all. When the EA-6 and S-3 are gone it will really be boring.

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:59 pm

http://www.alert5.com/2006/03/vf-213-fi ... ights.html

Saturday, March 25, 2006
VF-213 Final Tomcat Flights
March 29 - 211-159629 – Kenner LA
March 30 - 210-163897 - McClellan AFB
206-163893 - Arnold AB TN
207-161166 - Evergreen OR
204-161159 - Pensacola FL
205-161163 - Bloomington IL

AMARC - 200-164347
AMARC - 203-164348
AMARC - 212-164349
AMARC - 213-164602
SARDIP - 206-163893

dj51d · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:43 pm

From what I've heard, the possible Cat Flight at Oceana will be the only Tomcat display this year. Hopefully they won't all be grounded by May, the Duluth airshow is scheduled to have one on static display in July. I sure am glad I caught the Tomcat demo back in 2004!

RickH · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:09 pm

I got the May date from Navy sources that should know. We'll see, there's probably some flexibility in the time.

John Ceglarek · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:58 am

I don't see how it can be May...VF-31 isn't supposed to retire their 'Cats until September the last I knew.

John Ceglarek · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:01 am

And I believe the dates that Roger posted were last flights, i.e. to museums, not tactical demos.

John

John Ceglarek · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:13 am

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,1 ... SRC=dod.nl

krlang · **Posted:** Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:43 pm

Hmmm,

Got my "Tomcat Sunset" T-shirt in the mail today.

WOOHOO!

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:24 pm

#210 scheduled for arrival to McClellan on Thursday, had engine problems in Amarillo TX, and is rescheduled to arrive at McClellan on Saturday

dj51d · **Posted:** Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:51 pm

Well, so much for the F-14 on static display at the Duluth airshow, it has dropped off the list and been replaced by the super bug.

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