The F-14D version, also known as the Super Tomcat, has undergone an extensive programme to improve combat efficiency. The twin-engine supersonic fighter has been used as an air superiority fighter on the aircraft carriers of the US Navy for decades. Window.dataLayer = window.Its appearance in Hollywood films and the characteristic design with curved wings have made the F-14 Tomcat a legend. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Personal Data collected: Tracker Usage Data. Only in exceptional cases, the IP address will be sent to Google's servers and shortened within the United States. The anonymization works by shortening the IP address of the Users within the borders of the member states of the European Union or other countries that are members of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. This Google Analytics integration anonymizes your IP address. Google may use your Personal Data to contextualize and personalize ads in its advertising network. Google uses the Personal Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, compile reports on its activities and share them with other services developed by Google. Google Analytics (GA4) is a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). I can’t really think of a real world case where you would have to do that without putting somebody in the back seat.’ However, you could start the jet, close the canopy, and probably take off in a dumb jet without doing all the required procedures if for some reason you had to. You also need the RIO to turn on the weapons system and inertial system to have a functioning fighter. ‘Yes, there are a lot of things that are only in the back seat including certain circuit breakers. Still took a minute or two but we did get airborne. I still remember trying to talk the flight surgeon into the location of a particular circuit break as we got onto the catapult because we were having an issue. ‘I took many non-RIOs in the back seat from the CO of the aircraft carrier to the flight surgeon and all had to learn at least that much, though we showed them more. ‘If it is just a ride you can get airborne after that, though there are many other things the back seat needs to do to allow the pilot to fight the aircraft. You cannot run it long on deck without it over heating, so it is done prior to launch. There is also a circuit break that needs to be pushed in running the Outboard Spoiler System. The back seat also has to turn on the IMU and eventually the inertial system and then the weapons system (though you can go without much of the weapons system). Before flying the RIO or the guest must run the OBC (On Board Check) which does a lot of things to prep the aircraft for flight and can only be run from the back seat. ‘There are no flight controls in the back seat of an F-14, but there are split duties. In most cases it is reality simple and a lot of “DON’T TOUCH THIS”. ‘Before we get to that everybody that flies in an ejection seat aircraft must have training on the ejection seat, the oxygen system, and other gear that they might be wearing. ‘The back seat is not just another ejection seat, the person back there actually must do certain things for the aircraft to fly,’ Chuck Hunter, former F-14 Pilot, says on Quora. Given these premises, one may ask if the Tomcat was capable of flying with a civilian passenger in the RIO back seat, just like how two-seater F-15s and F-16s can in their WSO cockpit. The canopy is spacious, and fitted with four mirrors to effectively provide all-round visibility.Īlthough only the pilot has flight controls in the front seat, there are a lot of things that are only in the radar intercept officer (RIO) back seat. The F-14 was designed with a two-seat cockpit with a bubble canopy which affords all-around visibility aiding aircrew in air-to-air combat. The F-14 Tomcat was conceived as both an air superiority fighter and a long-range naval interceptor, which enabled it to both serve as escort attack aircraft when armed with Sparrow missiles and fleet air defense loitering interceptor role when armed with Phoenix missiles. Although only the F-14 pilot has flight controls in the front seat, there are a lot of things that are only in the Tomcat radar intercept officer (RIO) back seat.
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