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Grumman F-14 A/B/D Tomcat

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Grumman F-14 A/B/D Tomcat

Grumman F-14 A/B/D Tomcat By Danny Coremans, Nico Deboeck
Publisher: Daco Publications 2006 | 164 Pages | ISBN: 9080674761 | PDF | 66 MB


When it comes to the history of the F-14 some publications are quite impressive, especially Jon Lake's Grumman F-14 Tomcat Shipborne Superfighter (it was our bible too). But when it comes to detailed pictures of the airframe and systems, there hasn't been much around. Until now... This third book in DACO's "Uncovering the..." series also is meant to pay homage to Grumman's last feline, now that the Tomcat is definitively withdrawn from carrier operations after a tremendous career. Since its maiden flight on December 21, 1970 it performed at center stage on countless occasions. It is a formidable aircraft, designed to host an equally formidable weapon: the awesome AIM-54 Phoenix - a deadly accurate long-range missile. Three variants of the F-14 were produced: the A, B and D. The original B-model was to incorporate improved F407 engines, to be followed by a C-model with improved avionics. However, budget cuts in the early 1970s doomed these two initiatives. Eventually, some A models were re-engined (and some aircraft were built new) with F110 engines and designated as F-14A+, being re-designated F-14B after Operation Desert Storm (ODS). The final, and most-advanced Tomcat was the F-14D, which mated the new engines with digital avionics. While flown as a fleet defense fighter throughout the Cold War, after ODS the Tomcat in its final years was reinvented as the Fleet's premier fighter-bomber. Danny Coremans


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