Good By Tomcats
 

They were one hell of a plane.

Many times at sea I've seen them just above the deck like two balls of
fire on a stick.
My ship often sailed alone behind the fleet, we had a fast attack sub
escort at times, but you rarely saw them. It was always something to
see when the Tomcats would come check up on us

Had two scare the living **** out of me once in the Gulf...they made a
practice attack on me from behind and about blew out the wheelhouse
windows...No **** I almost had a heat attack as they passed on each
side at wheelhouse level. I had no clue they were in the area. You can
not imagine the BOOM!

Well maybe you can..check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M...elated&search=

Today the Navy retired them..No more on our ships.

Tom Cruise will be crushed! Maybe he can buy a surplus one for his
collection.

Super Hornets are in ...

Joe

Good By Tomcats
 

One more..only 9 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_5Go...elated&search=

An oldie but goodie.

Joe

Good By Tomcats
 

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
They were one hell of a plane.

Many times at sea I've seen them just above the deck like two balls of
fire on a stick.
My ship often sailed alone behind the fleet, we had a fast attack sub
escort at times, but you rarely saw them. It was always something to
see when the Tomcats would come check up on us

Had two scare the living **** out of me once in the Gulf...they made a
practice attack on me from behind and about blew out the wheelhouse
windows...No **** I almost had a heat attack as they passed on each
side at wheelhouse level. I had no clue they were in the area. You can
not imagine the BOOM!

Well maybe you can..check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M...elated&search=

Today the Navy retired them..No more on our ships.

Tom Cruise will be crushed! Maybe he can buy a surplus one for his
collection.

Super Hornets are in ...

Joe

I saw them fly out of Calverton when they were being developed. I saw them
dive on our FF in the Med in the mid 70's. Seen them up real close too.
Great performance plane, great design effort considering the limited
computational power back then.

Good By Tomcats
 

Gilligan wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
They were one hell of a plane.

Many times at sea I've seen them just above the deck like two balls of
fire on a stick.
My ship often sailed alone behind the fleet, we had a fast attack sub
escort at times, but you rarely saw them. It was always something to
see when the Tomcats would come check up on us

Had two scare the living **** out of me once in the Gulf...they made a
practice attack on me from behind and about blew out the wheelhouse
windows...No **** I almost had a heat attack as they passed on each
side at wheelhouse level. I had no clue they were in the area. You can
not imagine the BOOM!

Well maybe you can..check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M...elated&search=

Today the Navy retired them..No more on our ships.

Tom Cruise will be crushed! Maybe he can buy a surplus one for his
collection.

Super Hornets are in ...

Joe

I saw them fly out of Calverton when they were being developed. I saw them
dive on our FF in the Med in the mid 70's. Seen them up real close too.
Great performance plane, great design effort considering the limited
computational power back then.


Was a really bug deal here...the news was full of it..they had a big
ceremony and there is a special show on Sunday in commemoration
sponsored by local business (Smithfield Foods)....

Good By Tomcats
 

I used to watch the SR-71s land/take off east of Sac. At night they would
glow cherry red coming in.

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"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
They were one hell of a plane.

Many times at sea I've seen them just above the deck like two balls of
fire on a stick.
My ship often sailed alone behind the fleet, we had a fast attack sub
escort at times, but you rarely saw them. It was always something to
see when the Tomcats would come check up on us

Had two scare the living **** out of me once in the Gulf...they made a
practice attack on me from behind and about blew out the wheelhouse
windows...No **** I almost had a heat attack as they passed on each
side at wheelhouse level. I had no clue they were in the area. You can
not imagine the BOOM!

Well maybe you can..check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M...elated&search=

Today the Navy retired them..No more on our ships.

Tom Cruise will be crushed! Maybe he can buy a surplus one for his
collection.

Super Hornets are in ...

Joe

Good By Tomcats
 

Top Gun was a great movie.

I liked Officer and a Gentleman better. When that movie
came out every woman near a base wanted to hook up
with an officer. It was a great time to be in uniform.

Good By Tomcats
 

Capt. JG wrote:
I used to watch the SR-71s land/take off east of Sac. At night they would
glow cherry red coming in.

Did you klnow the fuel for the SR was more expensive than makers mark
wiskey?

Joe




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www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
They were one hell of a plane.

Many times at sea I've seen them just above the deck like two balls of
fire on a stick.
My ship often sailed alone behind the fleet, we had a fast attack sub
escort at times, but you rarely saw them. It was always something to
see when the Tomcats would come check up on us

Had two scare the living **** out of me once in the Gulf...they made a
practice attack on me from behind and about blew out the wheelhouse
windows...No **** I almost had a heat attack as they passed on each
side at wheelhouse level. I had no clue they were in the area. You can
not imagine the BOOM!

Well maybe you can..check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M...elated&search=

Today the Navy retired them..No more on our ships.

Tom Cruise will be crushed! Maybe he can buy a surplus one for his
collection.

Super Hornets are in ...

Joe

Good By Tomcats
 

But, it doesn't taste as good....

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www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

Capt. JG wrote:
I used to watch the SR-71s land/take off east of Sac. At night they would
glow cherry red coming in.

Did you klnow the fuel for the SR was more expensive than makers mark
wiskey?

Joe




--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
They were one hell of a plane.

Many times at sea I've seen them just above the deck like two balls of
fire on a stick.
My ship often sailed alone behind the fleet, we had a fast attack sub
escort at times, but you rarely saw them. It was always something to
see when the Tomcats would come check up on us

Had two scare the living **** out of me once in the Gulf...they made a
practice attack on me from behind and about blew out the wheelhouse
windows...No **** I almost had a heat attack as they passed on each
side at wheelhouse level. I had no clue they were in the area. You can
not imagine the BOOM!

Well maybe you can..check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M...elated&search=

Today the Navy retired them..No more on our ships.

Tom Cruise will be crushed! Maybe he can buy a surplus one for his
collection.

Super Hornets are in ...

Joe

Good By Tomcats
 

Capt. JG wrote:
But, it doesn't taste as good....

No doubt...but I bet the buzz is better, and no hang over.

You talked about the blackbird glowing red, seems the expansion joints
in the fuel tanks were so loose that she had to get very hot before it
stopped leaking fuel. Infact the SR leaked so much fuel on the runway
they had to be re-fueled right after takeoff.

Did you know you can float a steel paperclip in water?

Joe



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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

Capt. JG wrote:
I used to watch the SR-71s land/take off east of Sac. At night they would
glow cherry red coming in.

Did you klnow the fuel for the SR was more expensive than makers mark
wiskey?

Joe




--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
They were one hell of a plane.

Many times at sea I've seen them just above the deck like two balls of
fire on a stick.
My ship often sailed alone behind the fleet, we had a fast attack sub
escort at times, but you rarely saw them. It was always something to
see when the Tomcats would come check up on us

Had two scare the living **** out of me once in the Gulf...they made a
practice attack on me from behind and about blew out the wheelhouse
windows...No **** I almost had a heat attack as they passed on each
side at wheelhouse level. I had no clue they were in the area. You can
not imagine the BOOM!

Well maybe you can..check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M...elated&search=

Today the Navy retired them..No more on our ships.

Tom Cruise will be crushed! Maybe he can buy a surplus one for his
collection.

Super Hornets are in ...

Joe

Good By Tomcats
 

Sure... water tension I guess.

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www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

Capt. JG wrote:
But, it doesn't taste as good....

No doubt...but I bet the buzz is better, and no hang over.

You talked about the blackbird glowing red, seems the expansion joints
in the fuel tanks were so loose that she had to get very hot before it
stopped leaking fuel. Infact the SR leaked so much fuel on the runway
they had to be re-fueled right after takeoff.

Did you know you can float a steel paperclip in water?

Joe



--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

Capt. JG wrote:
I used to watch the SR-71s land/take off east of Sac. At night they
would
glow cherry red coming in.

Did you klnow the fuel for the SR was more expensive than makers mark
wiskey?

Joe




--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
They were one hell of a plane.

Many times at sea I've seen them just above the deck like two balls
of
fire on a stick.
My ship often sailed alone behind the fleet, we had a fast attack
sub
escort at times, but you rarely saw them. It was always something to
see when the Tomcats would come check up on us

Had two scare the living **** out of me once in the Gulf...they made
a
practice attack on me from behind and about blew out the wheelhouse
windows...No **** I almost had a heat attack as they passed on each
side at wheelhouse level. I had no clue they were in the area. You
can
not imagine the BOOM!

Well maybe you can..check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK1M...elated&search=

Today the Navy retired them..No more on our ships.

Tom Cruise will be crushed! Maybe he can buy a surplus one for his
collection.

Super Hornets are in ...

Joe