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  1. "The single-stage, solid propellant Rocketdyne Mk 47 motor accelerates the weapon to a speed of more than Mach 5 at high altitudes. At low altitudes the missile is quite substantially slower." - F-14 Tomcat, br Arthur Reed, c 1978
  2. According to my notes, on 5 January 1999 Two VF-213 F-14Ds from the USS Carl Vinson fired AIM-54 at Iraqi MiG-25s. That was during OSW.
  3. The Phoenix is a very fast missile, Mach 6 or so, but the maximum launch range of any missile depends a lot on whether the target is inbound or running away. The Phoenix gets much of its super range by flying a ballistic ARC to where the computer calculates the target will be. You can shoot at an inbound target with the expectation that it will be in range by the time that the missile gets there, even if the target is not at launch. The fighter doesn't really have to outrun it, it just has to go in the wrong direction. At extreme range, the jet has lots of time to turn around before the Pho
  4. What missiles were the F-14As that shot down the Libyan Su-22s and MiG-23s carrying? Any Phoenix? How many? What about the F-14Ds that fired Phoenix at Iraqi MiG-25s and the MiG-23 in 1999?
  5. Boy, that brings back memories. I built that kit when I was a kid. I am still waiting for an A-5A kit to come out in 1/72 scale. The A-5A was in the Navy at the time of the Cuban missile crisis.
  6. When I select what kit to build or markings to use, I do certain points in time, such as specific conflicts, real or might-have-been. For instance, most of my models fall, or will fall, into these scenerios: October 1962 - The aircraft that almost fought WW III. B-52s were new and bare metal. November 1965 - The aicraft of the Vietnam War, had we chosen to declare war on North Vietnam at the start and actually win it, instead of the defensive, unending VC hunt Johnson chose to do. Linebacker I and II, 1972 - The climax of the air war over Vietnam. NATO v WARSAW Pact, 1980 - NATO was at
  7. My son bought a 1/144 scale B-2A, and the instructions give the color as an uninformative "dark grey". Is it FS36118 by chance? Is that the same color as a B-1B?
  8. Is that kit still available?
  9. I want to build a 1/72 scale Fujimi F-14A with the early beavertail. There is a Hasegawa kit with the early beavertail, but will that Hasegawa beavertail fit correctly onto the Fujimi kit?
  10. F-14s would carry a couple of Mk 82 dumb bombs with a TARPS pod in OIF.
  11. Were you a Navy pilot???? You sound like you know something more....
  12. The wing sweep figures are from The great book of modern warplanes, edited by Mike Spick, c 2003. The 470 mph speed limit figure is from US Navy F-14 Tomcat units of Operation Iraqi Freedom, by Tony Holmes, c 2005. It was mph and not knots. I want to do an F-14D during Operation Iraqi Freedom, with LGBs or JDAM. I expect the aircraft flew straight and level during their bombing runs with those weapons.
  13. If the F-14 was making a diving attack, speed would increase, and the wings would normally be increasing sweep all the way down if they were not locked. But if it was flying straight and level, the speed and wing sweep would not change. I see no reason to lock the wings at a sweep angle that would be less fuel efficient.
  14. I've been doing some reading on the F-14 as a bomber, and I am hoping someone here can shed some light on a question. The wings of the F-14 automatically sweep from 20 degrees on takeoff to 68 degrees at speeds above Mach 1.2. At speeds between Mach 0.4 and Mach 0.75 they remain at only 22 degrees. There is a ground attack mode, where the wings lock at 55 degrees, to remove one variable in the bomb release calculation. But if the F-14 is dropping a bomb while flying straight and level at altitude, I wouldn't think that would be an issue, especially dropping a LGB or JDAM. The F-14 was lim
  15. Rocky

    A-5

    I want a 1/72 A-5A. Nobody makes one.
  16. I built an F-4G kit some years ago, and I mounted a Shrike missile on an inboard wing pylon with two Sidewinder missiles. I've never seen a photo of this combination, and I have long wondered if it was possible. I know it could carry the Sidewinders, or the Shike, but could the three missiles all go on the pylon at the same time? Navy Phantoms could carry two Sidewinders and a TER with bombs.
  17. Does that plane belong to the maroon Baron?
  18. An F-15 and F-16 in SEA camoflage.
  19. I would like to simulate a rotating prop by using a disk of tinted clear plastic. Does anyone have any experience doing this, or a source for sheet tinted plastic?
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