Originally Posted by
Chris Nicastro
LOL! yeah man, I've said that so many times too!
Imagine what could have been had they developed the Tomcat further especially when the program was retired too early. What a machine!
I thought it was interesting when it was stated that the Super Hornet ended up being about the same size as the F-14 but still lacks the speed and range as the F-14.
Politics was the end of the F-14. It had a couple of issues which had been worked out for the "D" model and would have been a much better airplane than the F-18, but politicians who's districts included the manufacturer's of the various components and the airframe, had more horsepower than the guys representing the districts where the Grumman's were built.
Took me a long time to get one and I've still not flown it as it needs it's air system completely replaced, but it's the SM in the Jolly Roger scheme.
