Two F-14 fighter jets were diverted to USS Midway (2023)

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/that-time-two-f-14-fighter-jets-were-diverted-to-uss-midway-the-carriers-flight-deck-and-infrastructure-could-not-support-regular-operation-of-the-large-heavy-tomcat/

by larusso • 1 year ago

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larusso• 1 year ago

Because of the story about the Cessna landing on the Midway it reminded me of the diverted F14 who had to land on the carrier. The Midway was not designed for the heavy F14.

qzw• 1 year ago

Thought it was viral marketing for Top Gun 3 for a second there. But thanks for the interesting read. It's a pity such a dramatic real world event never made it into either of the Top Gun movies.

pmdulaney• 1 year ago

Just to be clear, though, the F-14 was retired in 2006, right?

zeristor• 1 year ago

Not just retired but all were destroyed. Please correct if I’m wrong but they were destroyed to prevent any spare parts ending up in Iran.

Such a shame, I was always impressed with the F14, even before Topgun.

piqufoh• 1 year ago

Not just retired but all were destroyed

I think that's not true, there seems to be many fans of them and several on display https://www.f-14association.com/on-display/f-14-tomcats-on-d...

subzero06• 1 year ago

Not all were destroyed, couple were kept for museum, i took a picture with one at the navy station in Norfolk, Virginia

plegresl• 1 year ago

The ones in museums supposedly had their internal wing structure cut to prevent them from every flying again:

https://web.archive.org/web/20211113195112/https://theaviati...

but that part of the post has been removed from the updated version on the original website. The post now just says that one of the main points was identified as incorrect information. So the actual airworthiness of the ones in museums seems unclear. You can find a list of where they are on display here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat#Aircraft_o...

Already__Taken• 1 year ago

Since the F-14 is on this website again might as well re-link the "recently (2024)" declassified CPU info - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/30/the-worlds-first-microproces... || https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-14_CADC

zenethian• 1 year ago

I read this headline like it was a current event and was really concerned.

markerz• 1 year ago

Also the article has been around since 2023. Either an article date or the event date should be included in the headline. Or sticking to the original headline “That time…” would make it clear it’s not current. At the moment it feels like a clickbait submission.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230415000000*/https://theaviat...

rado• 1 year ago

Exactly my thought, having visited the museum in San Diego

tomaytotomato• 1 year ago

The USS Midway is 296m long, with 282m of that being its flight deck.

The USS Enterprise is 342m long, with 336m of flight deck.

That's 54 metres of difference which doesn't seem a lot, but to an F14 pilot they would be very precious meters of landing distance.

Amazing that they hooked the first time round on the first arrestor cable too!

Retric• 1 year ago

If you look at the USS Enterprise and Midway flight decks they don’t make use of the full length of the ship for landings.

That seems crazy, but by traveling into the wind you can subtract the ships forward speed from an aircraft’s stall speed.

icegreentea2• 1 year ago

Ya, probably the relevant length from stern to the end of the waist deck - as I understand it if you need go around ("bolt") on a carrier landing, your going off the waist deck. From peeking at some pictures, it doesn't look like the midway waist deck is much shorter than on a Nimitz or something.

andyjohnson0• 1 year ago

[2023] article describing an event in 1982

JohnnyLarue• 1 year ago

War. It's fan-tastic!

djoldman• 1 year ago

(2023)

beefnugs• 1 year ago

AI prompt : make up a news link to my clickbait site relating to the current tension in the world

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What a great future for one of us

Two F-14 fighter jets were diverted to USS Midway (2023)

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