Yeah, but at 40 to 60 hours of maintenance for every flight hour, the
Tomcats make that Apache driver's $46,000-plus annual a bargain!


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Jay Honeck wrote:
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What an amazing run the F-14 has had. It will be terribly sad not to
see
them flying anymore....

Didn't know they were so close to the end. I remember pulling up near
one near the hold short line at my home field (training visit, I
assume). The sheer size of them is amazing- 75,000 pounds MTOW. Tower
said, "Boston has you cleared to FL240 immediately upon departure" and
they just opened up and the ground shook. It's like the old muscle-car
guys say, "there's no replacement for displacement."