F-15 Eagle and F-14 Tomcat

B2431 wrote:
The one I was thinking of involved leaving the F-117 in plain sight at an
unsecured airstrip for a day or two while they went to rescue some guy
being held by the bad guys. It was horrible to the point of being amusing.

Dan, U.S.Air Force, retired

Philadelphia Experiment 2?

Cheers,
Richard

On 4 Jul 2004 18:40:06 -0700, (Chris Range)
wrote:

I have an utterly stupid question. What is the difference between
these two fighters? From a distance, they look exactly the same.

That's easy. The F-15 is a good-looking airplane and the F-14 isn't.

OK, that's not going to help you. Let's see:

The F-15 has a pointier nose than the F-14 does.
The F-15 has a longer, thinner forebody.
The F-15 wing is pretty much all in front of the verticals.
The F-14 wing sweeps and looks thicker at the root.
The F-14 fuselage is fatter.
The F-14 inlets aren't as exposed.
The F-15 engines are right next to each other on the centerline.
The F-14 engines are a lot further apart.
The F-14 aft fuselage is wider.
The F-14 canopy is slanted at the sill and it's more bubble-like
The F-15 canopy is level and more teardrop-like. It can be a lot
shorter for the single-seat versions (A and C models).
The F-15 wing has a lot more area.

But they do look a lot alike at a glance until you glance at a lot of
them. The F-14 looks huskier, as least to me.

Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

Scott Ferrin wrote:

Iron Eagle shudder F-16s
Air Force One F-15s
Top Gun F-14s
Independence Day F-18s
Behind Enemy Lines F-18E (and a missile evasion sequence that makes
Iron Eagle look like a tape from Red Flag for authenticity)

Nobody's mentioned Flight Of The Intruder (A-6 of course) yet? Why
could that be?

Top Gun has some nice A-4's in it too.

Not to mention F-5's as "MiG's".

"Alan Dicey" wrote in message
...

Nobody's mentioned Flight Of The Intruder (A-6 of course) yet? Why
could that be?


Perhaps because it's not a fighter.

In article ,
Alan Dicey wrote:

Scott Ferrin wrote:

Iron Eagle shudder F-16s
Air Force One F-15s
Top Gun F-14s
Independence Day F-18s
Behind Enemy Lines F-18E (and a missile evasion sequence that makes
Iron Eagle look like a tape from Red Flag for authenticity)

Nobody's mentioned Flight Of The Intruder (A-6 of course) yet? Why
could that be?

It's not a fighter.

Top Gun has some nice A-4's in it too.

Nor this.

Not to mention F-5's as "MiG's".

Hey, the star of Air Force One is an MC-130E Combat Talon I from the 8th
Special Operations Squadron. The aircraft are now assigned to the 919th
Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, FL. It was real and flew the
formation shots with the 747. That was a Fulton recovery dummy on the cable
dressed as Harrison Ford.

The Ego jets only taxied, their flying scenes were all CGI.

--
Les Matheson
F-4C(WW)/D/E/G(WW), AC-130A, MC-130E WSO/EWO (ret)

"Alan Dicey" wrote in message
...
Scott Ferrin wrote:

Iron Eagle shudder F-16s
Air Force One F-15s
Top Gun F-14s
Independence Day F-18s
Behind Enemy Lines F-18E (and a missile evasion sequence that makes
Iron Eagle look like a tape from Red Flag for authenticity)

Nobody's mentioned Flight Of The Intruder (A-6 of course) yet? Why
could that be?

Top Gun has some nice A-4's in it too.

Not to mention F-5's as "MiG's".


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.716 / Virus Database: 472 - Release Date: 7/5/2004

Hey, what? No one has mentioned those fabulous mud-movin' Panthers in "Bridges
at Toko Ri"?

G

In article , Krztalizer
wrote:

Hey, what? No one has mentioned those fabulous mud-movin' Panthers in
"Bridges at Toko Ri"?

Or the F-8's in "Thirteen Days".

-john-

--
================================================== ==================
John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708
Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com
================================================== ==================

"John A. Weeks III" wrote:

Or the F-8's in "Thirteen Days".

Speaking of which, F-4's in "The Great Santini" (although in the book
version the Santini flew F-8's).

Ooops, I edited the subject line like a good boy and then ignored it in
my post. The original source for this subthread was Yeff's "the F-15
has a better Hollywood agent", the only mention of "fighters" was my own.

I submit that the only movie to feature an Intruder deserves an
honorable mention at least, even if it was somewhat tepid.

From the comfort of my armchair, I have always had a sneaking feeling
that the use of "the right tool for the job" (ground attack, including
at night or in bad weather) should have paid dividends over hanging
bombs off of the previous generation of fighters, which seems to have
been the way the majority of tactical bombing was done (correct me if
I'm wrong). There are posters here who did it for real; what is your
assessment of the A-6? Was it better at delivering the ordnance than,
say, an F-4 or F-105? Defining better (roughly) in terms of factors
such as bomb weight delivered on target, accuracy of delivery, and
chances of completing the mission in one piece?