Tomcat in Air and Space Museum

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DDAY wrote:
I was out at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space
Museum today (near Dulles airport) and saw their newest acquisition: an
F-14D Tomcat. This is one of the remanufactured F-14As, and it is one that
shot down a MiG in 1989.

Oddly, it does not have a MiG silhouette painted on it. Any idea why?

Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a
few weeks ago.

I know that there an F-14B at the New England Air Museum in Windsor
Locks, CT, and an A model at the National Warplane Museum in Elmira,
NY. I believe the NEAM bird is former VF-143, but I don't know the
provenance of the other aircraft.

Is it painted as a "Sans Reproache" or a "Pukin' Dawg"?

v/r Gordon

Gordon wrote:
wrote:
I know that there an F-14B at the New England Air Museum in Windsor
Locks, CT, and an A model at the National Warplane Museum in Elmira,
NY. I believe the NEAM bird is former VF-143, but I don't know the
provenance of the other aircraft.

Is it painted as a "Sans Reproache" or a "Pukin' Dawg"?

v/r Gordon

There was indeed a certain bent-over silhouette on the tailfin when I
looked it over a few months ago, and "Pukin' Dogs" painted on the wing
root. On that airframe, at least, the World Famous Pukin' Dogs live
on.

I think it may have been specially painted to go into the museum, now
that I think about it- it was in a light gray color scheme similar to
what the Tomcat wore when it first went into service, and was painted
with side number 143. Granted, it could be a coincidence, but it would
be a rather large one.

-JTD

wrote:
There was indeed a certain bent-over silhouette on the tailfin when I
looked it over a few months ago, and "Pukin' Dogs" painted on the wing
root. On that airframe, at least, the World Famous Pukin' Dogs live
on.

I think it may have been specially painted to go into the museum, now
that I think about it- it was in a light gray color scheme similar to
what the Tomcat wore when it first went into service, and was painted
with side number 143. Granted, it could be a coincidence, but it would
be a rather large one.

But appropriate Thanks for the info - personally I am glad that
they kept a Dawg on display, they deserved it.

I loved it when CAG Needham almost landed on the Connie and his wingman
failed to notice he was "Roger ball"-ing the _wrong carrier_. By the
time they let the Tomcat come back to the Ike a few days later, it was
tagged repeatedly with "Lost Dawg" stencils!

v/r Gordon

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I was out at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space
Museum today (near Dulles airport) and saw their newest acquisition: an
F-14D Tomcat. This is one of the remanufactured F-14As, and it is one that
shot down a MiG in 1989.

Oddly, it does not have a MiG silhouette painted on it. Any idea why?

Anybody have a list of the preserved Tomcats? I saw one up in Kalamazoo a
few weeks ago.

I know that there an F-14B at the New England Air Museum in Windsor
Locks, CT, and an A model at the National Warplane Museum in Elmira,
NY. I believe the NEAM bird is former VF-143, but I don't know the
provenance of the other aircraft.

I've now seen several more. The Ronald Reagan Library has one. The USS
Midway museum has another. The San Diego Aerospace Museum has one. And I
think there are others on some of the other preserved carriers such as the
Intrepid.




D

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I've now seen several more. The Ronald Reagan Library has one. The USS
Midway museum has another. The San Diego Aerospace Museum has one. And I
think there are others on some of the other preserved carriers such as the
Intrepid.




D

There is also one at Bob Pond's museum in Palm Springs. Static display only
but most of his other aircraft are flyable. Gorgeous F7F Tigercat.

Tex

DDAY wrote:

I've now seen several more. The Ronald Reagan Library has one. The USS
Midway museum has another. The San Diego Aerospace Museum has one. And I
think there are others on some of the other preserved carriers such as the
Intrepid.

Forgot that one! The Intrepid does indeed have a Tomcat. IIRC, it's
the prototype for the F-14D conversion.