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All to right troy... Although the F111's ability to dump and burn is Mega cool, thats something not all aircrafts can do.. Useless in battle unless you want everyone know know where you are of course....

Think we should just put this down to the F14 Is and always will be the best fighter aircraft ever made and nothing else will ever beat it :)......

But on topic of aircrafts anyone have a opinion of the SR71 Blackbird???

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All to right troy... Although the F111's ability to dump and burn is Mega cool, thats something not all aircrafts can do.. Useless in battle unless you want everyone know know where you are of course....

Think we should just put this down to the F14 Is and always will be the best fighter aircraft ever made and nothing else will ever beat it :)......

But on topic of aircrafts anyone have a opinion of the SR71 Blackbird???

Not so much the SR-71 but the YF-12A (?) - the nuclear armed interceptor version of the Blackbird. Interior weapons bay with 4 unguided nuclear tipped Air to Air missiles (to break up Russian bomber packs over Alaska)

You just have to love a plane that leaks fuel all over the runway because it's surface is not expanded enough by friction heat to seal them until it hits Mach 3 :-)

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Yea thats super cool only cas it can carry that kind of fire power although almost identical in design.... the flow of fuel is funny espec when u look at the size of the engines at the back almost doesnt seem safe... although very similar in deign to the Concord like that it had fuel flowing over the wings to keep it cool at high speed...

The technology and what not behind flying is fascinating and ongoing i love it...

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It was my understanding that the F-14 was designed as an air supiority(sp) fighter whereas the the F-18 was designed with a broader mission set in mind. So to me if the F-14 was to keep getting upgrades like F-18 I dont see why it couldnt still be best.

Something that is designed for 1 purpose usually excels at it while something that is multipurpose will perform adequate at all things but not really excel in any one area.

But anyway it seems like its a done deal all we can do now is keep an eye out on E-bay you just never know :)

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The was a show on discovery ( god bless that channel) that showed what the us did with its surplus arms, basically the planes get a striped of the engines and flight gear, then a tarp is put up inside the cockpit and they are left in the desert where there is little humidity to rust the bits left over.

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Back in th elate 80s youcoudl get yourself a mothballed F4 for US$800 :P

It seems there are already plenty of F15/14s etc in the graveyard ;)

I did read that F14s were restricted from carrier work after so many carrier landign because of the stress it puts ont he plan...so not surprising that there are already plenty put out to pasture

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It was my understanding that the F-14 was designed as an air supiority(sp) fighter whereas the the F-18 was designed with a broader mission set in mind. So to me if the F-14 was to keep getting upgrades like F-18 I dont see why it couldnt still be best.

Something that is designed for 1 purpose usually excels at it while something that is multipurpose will perform adequate at all things but not really excel in any one area.

But anyway it seems like its a done deal all we can do now is keep an eye out on E-bay you just never know ;)

but the F-14 stopped being the best when the F-18 was built

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