Wow, that sure brought back the memories. Was a Plane Captain with VF-124 at Miramar from '73 to ''76. Trained and deployed VF-1 Wolf Pack and VF-2 Bounty Hunters as first fleet deployed squadrons. Also trained the Marines until they dropped the F-14 for the F-18. Got treated as royalty on the first carrier quals on the Kitty Hawk and Ranger. Got to talk to an Admiral and a couple of Captains, telling them all the capabilities of the aircraft. Everyone wanted their picture taken with the new Tomcat. Watched the son of the Shah of Iran saddle up and take a test flight before the big F-14 sale to Iran. Got to sit in the RIO seat during a high-power turn up at midnight. Will never forget the sheer, unbridled power of those twin P&W turbofans. Thanks for the trip back in the Way Back Machine!
The GE engines made that plane into the beast it should have been without the bureaucratic BS. Those PWs were made for the 111, didn't like the quick and abrupt throttle changes. Tendency to flame out.
i know its been 5 years but that is an amazing story, if you ever did a full power test run on one of the engines what was it like doing that if you ever did one?
@@dumitrulangham1721 For some cars it doesn't take much to set off the alarm. Like a 747-8 can do the same thing and it's not that loud compared to other planes.
Fantastic work gents. We can't wait. Looks awesome, sounds awesome. Wing wiggles awesome Well done Graywolf for the flight, and VFAT guys for organising the show
Pre-ordered and flown from day one, by far my favourite aircraft and just love the amazing job Heatblur did. Still fun to just sit back and watch it do this display. Have watched it countless times and never gets old.
The F-14 truly is the muscle car of fighter aircraft. There may be sleeker more modern craft out there now, but none of them have the sexy curves of the Tomcat.
The slightly hunched up wing roots and angled out nacelles is what does it for me. Every time. Flankers have the same canted nacelles but they have flat wing roots, so it is not quite as dramatic looking.
when the game has better sound effects than real life: th-cam.com/video/3HgUJT2zdYs/w-d-xo.html this is a video of the airshow that they pretty much copied
We couldn't have asked for a more bad ass soundtrack for the tomcat than what you produced for it. So thank you Meteor for your outstanding work on what for many of us was a childhood dream to fly.
60,000 lbsf of raw thrust from those GE-110 in those F-14B. The most powerful fighter US has ever produced. Also, Keith "Okie" Nance recently said, he pulled 12.5G turn in the F-14 and the airframe had absolutely no stress damage. He paid rich tribute to Grumman Ironworks. It truly was built like a tank.
Correct me if i'm wrong but, Isn't the F-22 the most powerful fighter US has ever produced with maximum thrust of ~35,000 Lbs each engine? Also I believe some F-15 variants used the F110 turbofan engine.
Kitsune legend I was speaking from an engine point of few. But in reference to the Tomcat. You are 100% correct sir! My all time favourite fighter aircraft. I cannot wait for the release 😆
I could not help but tear up from experiencing an insurmountable feeling of giddiness to finally see my baby on DCS. Hats off to you HeatBlur, and all who have made this possible.
This video really makes me happy to watch. I unfortunately was too young to really get to see Tomcats fly before they retired. This is as close as it gets. One of the best fighters ever. RIP F14.
It is a sad, sad reality that I will probably never again see a live F-14 demo. As cool as this simulation is, you can't replace the rumble of those jet engines reverberating through your chest as it passes overhead. The smell of jet exhaust, the excitement in the air and the pure spectacle of it all. The only thing better than seeing a flight demo in person, is flying it in person. I'm blessed to have gotten several, several rides in my step dad's plane, and in a few demos in my life. I miss it terribly.
I was lucky enough in the 70's -80's to live next to NAS Miramar and knew a few Pilots, so was able to see the Tomcat up close. Best aircraft ever built.
One day someone will get access to an iranian one as a civilian stripped model. Rebuild it, and fly it at shows. Happens with so many ex military planes. I will be at that show for sure. They never flew these at air shows near me as a kid.
I once had vulcan XH558 do a full power climb straight overhead (it was showing over the Dartmouth regatta and we happened to be under the flight path). the f-14 may have reheat but i dont think anything could beat the feeling of 4 Rolls-Royce Olympus engines hitting 100% power.
I just broke my computer feeding $100s into it. I can not wait for this to be out. I've been fascinated with the F-14 ever since I watched "The Final Countdown" in the 80'S. Heatblur are doing an amazing job. Keep up the amazing work team.
Wow! Great job bringing the Tomcat back to life. I was 5 years old when she was commissioned. My parents took me to see the event at Norfolk. It seems like yesterday.
THIS is the gold standard in flight games. Fantastic job guys. I already ordered 2, the second you guys were selling it. Me and my co-host are going to have a blast.
@@GZA036 Because I made a factually correct statement? Lmao okay snowflake. You're the one who's wanting to imply that a sim based on a 20 year old game engine and code can match or exceed the fidelity in systems modeling and flight model performance of a competitor using updated technology to model those things. Be a fanboy all you want, but I'm placing my bets with 21st century wind-tunneling technology to produce a better representation of aircraft performance than whatever was available in 1998.
I was a plane captain on these for a few years. Love this freaking plane. Great job fellas. I do think the afterburner is longer in real life and the wings bend slightly more under heavy g load. Other than that you folks are SPOT ON!
I just watched half of the video thinking it was real footage, being impressed by the camera work and the quality.... and then I saw the " public". Good job on this !
There has never been a sexier fighter. I thought this was real from the thumbnail and got kind of excited that there was still one (that wasn't in Iran) still flying.
You felt the Tomcat more than heard it during demos. It resonated your chest cavity as though it was inside you. No other plane quite had that powerful vibrato.
Holy crap, this demo gave me bumps all over the place. Nice work, it was like being back at a 80's airshow, cheesy synth and all. Tons and tons of burned exhaust, the smells and noise! Production is awesome as always. Brilliant! ~S for Grimes and Gr4ywolf, the dedication pass was a really emotional touch. o7 I'm sitting here with a big grin after watching :D o7 Panzer
Wow I thought this was real at first. That's amazing. I was getting all excited LoL. For real though, could you imagine if there really was an F-14 demo team? This was my favorite aircraft as a child but, i never had a chance to see it fly.
I remember in 2006 when we were staying in the cabins on Lighthouse Point on KNPA, a Black Lions F-14 was giving flights to (I guess) students and sailors on some kind of retirement flight. After being used to T-6s and the occasional Goshawk and odd F-18s, the sound woke me up and I went outside to watch it from the point. As it kept flying I eventually went over to the museum and walked back to the "flight line" where several others from the museum had gathered. I had seen several Tomcats but I don't recall ever seeing one fly. They were tearing it up. At the end of all that, the plane was parked on the "ramp" outside of the West wall of the Blue Angels atrium. I got up the next day and walked over at about 0630 and walked around it. Touching it was like touching a massive living creature. I had seen one fly and now I was alone with it as it rested after it's career. I remember it was still dripping oil and JP. Seeing this reminded me of that. I really enjoyed it and I guess I need to go get DCS now.
Well said Kyle. :) The F-14 Tomcat was and is a very special plane. The engineering and technology that went into were first rate and very innovative, especially with its swing-wing design, which provides a phenomenal combination of high speed and excellent maneuverability. No other plane in the world can do what the Tomcat could and can do. Sadly, it was retired after the cold war was over and long range threats from Soviet bombers no longer existed. Unfortunately, the powers that be that cancelled the Tomcat program were not very forward thinking and now, just a few short years later, our aircraft carriers are now facing the very real threat of long range anti-ship missiles. To counter this threat, a very high speed interceptor/fighter is needed to be able to intercept enemy planes that can launch these anti-ship missiles. Both the F/A-18 Hornet and F-35 the Navy currently is using are about 400 mph slower than the F-14 Tomcat, leaving them comparatively very deficient in defending our aircraft carriers. That's a huge speed advantage the F-14 Tomcat provides and can make the difference between one of our aircraft carriers being hit with anti-ship missiles or not. The need for the F-14 Tomcat has once again arisen, if that need ever even went away. Grumman has the next evolutionary step of the F-14 Tomcat all ready to go in blueprints. It's an amazing, even better plane than the F-14 Tomcat and is known as the F-14 Super Tomcat. This plane needs to be built and the sooner the better. As a side benefit, building this plane would put thousands of Americans to work at a time we need that most. Here is the link to this outstanding plane; www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29653/this-is-what-grummans-proposed-f-14-super-tomcat-21-would-have-actually-looked-like?fbclid=IwAR2gopwZXDPcnQsK7GLiqt1Clf-DFMi5VesHRAUjcQRmy2GH-ndkm36fKmk
"You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn’t any woman, and there isn’t any horse, nor any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane, and men who love them are faithful to them even though they leave them for others. A man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will ever be". - Ernest Hemingway August 1944
Reminds me of the original LOMAC days (year 2003, evolved into DCS) where I used to play both audience and pilot to perform a show :D This jet looks amazing. We have come a long way.
It would be awesome to actually get something in return for our money.. And no, i dont count these pointless videos, I cant use them in any way, i want DCS module i have payed for.
I grew up a couple miles from miramar and in the shadow of this beasty beauty. Id just sit outside watching the pattern for hours. Even got a 1am high speed burner pass over the house one time lol my mom called the cops cuz she thought it was an attack! Hilarious! I miss this bird so much ty!
i wish they would bring this amazing aircraft back. with new radar and targeting, more modern materials and composites to make it lighter, more powerful engines and maybe even throw some thrust vectoring nozzels on. this thing could be the scary power house it was all over again. A testament to how well it was designed.
@Crusader Ace24 Nah, personally I think an "F-14F", with all new materials, better radars, deadlier weapons, more powerful engines, and a better understanding of production could be WELL worth every penny cent. Especially compared to something like the ugly F-35 piece of junk we got now.
EPIC Demonstration! EPIC F-14 Tomcat! EPIC Flight! Epic Audio! But OMG look at the crowd X-D Pre-Purchased this already & the brill-cream has arrived...I feel the need, the need for speed :-)
Kinda reminds me of the F-14B VF-143 demonstration that Cpt. Dale Snodgrass did back in the day. ESPECIALLY the simulated carrier landing touch and go at 10:45. Snort did that exact move at that airshow. RIP captain. Thanks for the video
Wow! the sound is amazing, the F14 is one bad ass plane, a legend in my mind... I remember roving sands, Roswell, NM ... it was in around 1995 or 1996.... I saw a four ship formation of tomcats cruising at around 300 kts... wings swept back... four diamonds in the sky.... that image is burned into my memory forever!
Super video guys. Great job by the pilot, very professional and convincing. The jet looks uber cool and deserves to be a top seller. Good luck with everything and thanks for sharing the video. 👍👍👌
Wow, that sure brought back the memories. Was a Plane Captain with VF-124 at Miramar from '73 to ''76. Trained and deployed VF-1 Wolf Pack and VF-2 Bounty Hunters as first fleet deployed squadrons. Also trained the Marines until they dropped the F-14 for the F-18. Got treated as royalty on the first carrier quals on the Kitty Hawk and Ranger. Got to talk to an Admiral and a couple of Captains, telling them all the capabilities of the aircraft. Everyone wanted their picture taken with the new Tomcat. Watched the son of the Shah of Iran saddle up and take a test flight before the big F-14 sale to Iran. Got to sit in the RIO seat during a high-power turn up at midnight. Will never forget the sheer, unbridled power of those twin P&W turbofans. Thanks for the trip back in the Way Back Machine!
Awesome story, thanks for sharing, so excited for this F-14 simulation! :)
The GE engines made that plane into the beast it should have been without the bureaucratic BS. Those PWs were made for the 111, didn't like the quick and abrupt throttle changes. Tendency to flame out.
Was that meeting with the shah at Andrews? That was the site of the F-14 - F-15 demo flyoffs and the shah was there with enourage.
The Marines never trained or even operated the F-14. The military hoped they would adopt the F-14 to replace their F4 Phantoms, but they never did
i know its been 5 years but that is an amazing story, if you ever did a full power test run on one of the engines what was it like doing that if you ever did one?
You missed one thing. The sound of hundreds of car alarms going off in the parking lot.
Floyd R. Turbo 😱 that loud!
@@dumitrulangham1721 For some cars it doesn't take much to set off the alarm. Like a 747-8 can do the same thing and it's not that loud compared to other planes.
@@yoyoyoyoshua "ah well you misunderstand", "well actually", "and yes but really no"
That happened in Komsomolsk na Amur with the Tu-22.
Lol
Literally gave me chills. During the dedication pass I forgot I wasn't actually watching a real airshow! Great job!
Holy crap!! Me too!! My thoughts exactly!!!
Yo three years later this is amazing!! Much respect!
Fantastic work gents. We can't wait.
Looks awesome, sounds awesome. Wing wiggles awesome
Well done Graywolf for the flight, and VFAT guys for organising the show
Hey Hellreign if ya need a RIO hit me up! Im looking for a pilot ;) also love your content!!
Love your vids
Still not sold, need to see the systems, carrier ops, landings.
@@SpearHead1011 you can see some of this in the live stream they did, its on the channel :p
@@mrshar1000
Sure, but we never saw the RIO cockpit.
HAHA! the crowd is awesome! The guy with the shades and ballcap is my hero
Hi Matsimus. :D Fancy seeing you here.
You fly Mat? Love your down to earth content.
😅😅 tough crowded!
I didnt think a digital airshow would make me tear up but here we are
Pre-ordered and flown from day one, by far my favourite aircraft and just love the amazing job Heatblur did. Still fun to just sit back and watch it do this display. Have watched it countless times and never gets old.
The F-14 truly is the muscle car of fighter aircraft. There may be sleeker more modern craft out there now, but none of them have the sexy curves of the Tomcat.
Well mirage got a damn sexy look too... But F14 got this little something that makes you feel reeeeeally nasty and badass :p
It never fails to amaze me that such a massive aircraft as the F-14 can turn like it does. Truly amazing design.
The slightly hunched up wing roots and angled out nacelles is what does it for me. Every time.
Flankers have the same canted nacelles but they have flat wing roots, so it is not quite as dramatic looking.
Solonar TV 👍👏
SU-37 got better curves
Absolutely fantastic work Heatblur, Well done!
good to see you here :), I've honestly never been so excited about something coming in DCS
when the game has better sound effects than real life: th-cam.com/video/3HgUJT2zdYs/w-d-xo.html
this is a video of the airshow that they pretty much copied
@@thegloriousretardmagnet4257 the sound effects in this video are not ingame sounds, its fake
Great job Heatblur!!! This really gives me goosebumps. I feel very proud to work with you. /,,/
Outstanding job on the soundrack!
We couldn't have asked for a more bad ass soundtrack for the tomcat than what you produced for it. So thank you Meteor for your outstanding work on what for many of us was a childhood dream to fly.
thanks for the soundtrack
Your soundtrack makes this thing blast like a Meteor \m/
Only discovered the album last week, it's been on endless replay ever since!
60,000 lbsf of raw thrust from those GE-110 in those F-14B. The most powerful fighter US has ever produced. Also, Keith "Okie" Nance recently said, he pulled 12.5G turn in the F-14 and the airframe had absolutely no stress damage. He paid rich tribute to Grumman Ironworks. It truly was built like a tank.
Correct me if i'm wrong but, Isn't the F-22 the most powerful fighter US has ever produced with maximum thrust of ~35,000 Lbs each engine? Also I believe some F-15 variants used the F110 turbofan engine.
oDieseLz Actually the most powerful engine produced to date is the F35’s P & w F135 at 43,000 pounds of thrust.
@@oneflyline96 Yeah, but last I checked, the F-35 only got one them. And it will NEVER surpass the sex appeal of the legendary F-14.
Kitsune legend I was speaking from an engine point of few. But in reference to the Tomcat. You are 100% correct sir! My all time favourite fighter aircraft.
I cannot wait for the release 😆
What even at 12G! No stress that pretty sturdy aircraft
That dedication pass sure hits home. Absolutely ok incredible work!
You guys know how to put on a show! From the music, through the moderation to the actual display, just awesome!
I could not help but tear up from experiencing an insurmountable feeling of giddiness to finally see my baby on DCS. Hats off to you HeatBlur, and all who have made this possible.
CoolGuyHMR WT 👍😍
Pretty soon there will be thousands of 80s kids living out their Maverick dreams! Thanks for making this, it's more than just an F-14.
the moments leading up to the dedication pass give me uncontrollable goosebumps.
Tears of joy running down my face.
This video really makes me happy to watch. I unfortunately was too young to really get to see Tomcats fly before they retired. This is as close as it gets. One of the best fighters ever. RIP F14.
I literally teared up. So happy this beautiful bird is coming to DCS.
The production quality of that display was World class.. Bravo
It was just like the F-14 demos that I used to watch growing up. Salivating more than ever, Heatblur.
The sound design on this F-14 demo is pretty spot on. Very impressive!
AWESOME ! Thanks for the show & cheers from France !
It is a sad, sad reality that I will probably never again see a live F-14 demo.
As cool as this simulation is, you can't replace the rumble of those jet engines reverberating through your chest as it passes overhead. The smell of jet exhaust, the excitement in the air and the pure spectacle of it all.
The only thing better than seeing a flight demo in person, is flying it in person. I'm blessed to have gotten several, several rides in my step dad's plane, and in a few demos in my life. I miss it terribly.
You're lucky... the most powerful display I've seen live was a two ship of T-6es or a single E300S, whichever is more powerful :)
A lucky one you are, I was too young to have been fortunate to see one at a show. And i never will.....plenty of F-4U's tho right!
I was lucky enough in the 70's -80's to live next to NAS Miramar and knew a few Pilots, so was able to see the Tomcat up close. Best aircraft ever built.
One day someone will get access to an iranian one as a civilian stripped model. Rebuild it, and fly it at shows. Happens with so many ex military planes. I will be at that show for sure. They never flew these at air shows near me as a kid.
I once had vulcan XH558 do a full power climb straight overhead (it was showing over the Dartmouth regatta and we happened to be under the flight path). the f-14 may have reheat but i dont think anything could beat the feeling of 4 Rolls-Royce Olympus engines hitting 100% power.
At 6:12 you guys got the sound just perfect. It brings me back when I worked on them! It brought a huge smile to my face!
Ive had the Heatblur F14 since it came to dcs, and now the addition of the A model. This video never gets old! It's a great module!
not to many video's send shiver down my spine but this one certainly did.
For a moment I forgot that I was watching a game. Fantastic! Thank you.
I ,sadly, never got to see an F-14 air show, but if I had I imagine it would have looked like this. Fantastic job!
I just broke my computer feeding $100s into it. I can not wait for this to be out. I've been fascinated with the F-14 ever since I watched "The Final Countdown" in the 80'S. Heatblur are doing an amazing job. Keep up the amazing work team.
Wow! Great job bringing the Tomcat back to life.
I was 5 years old when she was commissioned. My parents took me to see the event at Norfolk. It seems like yesterday.
THIS is the gold standard in flight games. Fantastic job guys. I already ordered 2, the second you guys were selling it. Me and my co-host are going to have a blast.
you've obviously never heard of bms
@@GZA036
Lmao BMS avionics and flight model have nothing on Heatblur or ED modules.
@@SatThuVoBui hahaha yeah.... you officially have no idea what you're talking about
@@GZA036
Because I made a factually correct statement? Lmao okay snowflake. You're the one who's wanting to imply that a sim based on a 20 year old game engine and code can match or exceed the fidelity in systems modeling and flight model performance of a competitor using updated technology to model those things.
Be a fanboy all you want, but I'm placing my bets with 21st century wind-tunneling technology to produce a better representation of aircraft performance than whatever was available in 1998.
@@SatThuVoBui Place bets all you want... I don't think you've actually looked into bms
I was a plane captain on these for a few years. Love this freaking plane. Great job fellas. I do think the afterburner is longer in real life and the wings bend slightly more under heavy g load. Other than that you folks are SPOT ON!
😮😮 wow you flew a legend❤
My God, that brought some tears of joy to my eyes...
That detail and graphics are incredible!!!
This deserves an award. Wow. Great sim skills. And perfect narration. Well done.
Great video. Thanks Heatblur for all the hard work making the F-14 look awesome.
I feel an uncomfortable amount of sheer attraction.
I hope that is the sound you get with the dcs F14, because that is the greatest sound in a dcs module i've ever heard
Mr. Starfighter Imagine the backlash if it wasn’t.
th-cam.com/video/uxJnFVf0lrw/w-d-xo.html here...they have it months now on youtube
theres a great mod for the f 18 hmu for it
Agreed, that thing sounds AMAZING
@@akisakis7980 He refers to the engines sound not the soundtracks.
Unbelievable.!!! This is one of the most impressive video's I've ever seen, for a while I didn't realise it was a sim! Phenomenal work sir!!!
Holy mother of god, that was FKN AWESOME, all I had was goose bumps for 14 minutes. Simply amazing, great job!
Great edit. Nice flying. Only let down a bit by the rows of low-poly sex dolls representing a crowd. Should have left them out!
......ummmmmmmm......we need cockpit footage of this show.....
greywolf added a video with multiple views on his channel.
Ok, that was seriously cool! I felt like I was at NAS Miramar back in the 80's watching another great airshow. Well done narration and editing!!
I just watched half of the video thinking it was real footage, being impressed by the camera work and the quality.... and then I saw the " public". Good job on this !
The dedication pass was just awesome!
Can't wait for VFAT 2019!!! Keep up the *FANTASTIC* work on your full aircraft simulations, @Heatblur Simulations !
Great job bringing this icon of military aviation back to life. Thanks for sharing.
There has never been a sexier fighter.
I thought this was real from the thumbnail and got kind of excited that there was still one (that wasn't in Iran) still flying.
this whole video is a masterpiece
Have had the Cat since pre-order. Am watching this again now because SOUNDS. Amazing bird and by far the best module in DCS!
I don't think I've ever been this happy to give away my money...
Best airshow I've ever been to!!
My God, it's beautiful.
Awesome and beautiful presentation of the Tomcat! An Aircraft and Weapons Platform ended way before it's time. : ( *2 thumbs up!*
Please... tell me that those aren't edited sounds... Too good to be true
I laughed, I laughed out of joy when those engines, during AB, turned to the screen.
Yeah, please!!, someone knows if these are actual sounds?
th-cam.com/video/uxJnFVf0lrw/w-d-xo.html here it is...they have it on youtube months now
@@minininja881 Obvious 😂
@@TheNikplay I said "Fuuuuck. Meeee." lol :) so happy, took me back to airshows with my dad. I can smell the JP5!
Great job with the VFAT! And the F-14 .. my god ... the sound!
Awesome. I love this plane.
Looks like real and the sound is great
I was practically brought back to Miramar seeing this! Man that's so awesome.. Amazing work.
Why am I watching 15 minutes worth of virtual airshow??? This is fantastic!
You felt the Tomcat more than heard it during demos. It resonated your chest cavity as though it was inside you. No other plane quite had that powerful vibrato.
She was an amazing aircraft, thanks for the video.
I found this while trying to find some airshow footage of the IRIAF tomcats, but this is cooler than anything else I could find, well done!
That was AWESOME! Thanks for sharing! Just like I remember the demos.
Holy crap, this demo gave me bumps all over the place. Nice work, it was like being back at a 80's airshow, cheesy synth and all. Tons and tons of burned exhaust, the smells and noise!
Production is awesome as always. Brilliant!
~S for Grimes and Gr4ywolf, the dedication pass was a really emotional touch. o7
I'm sitting here with a big grin after watching :D
o7 Panzer
Wow I thought this was real at first. That's amazing. I was getting all excited LoL. For real though, could you imagine if there really was an F-14 demo team? This was my favorite aircraft as a child but, i never had a chance to see it fly.
God I love the Tomcat. Such a beautiful aircraft.
RavenOne
Shame the USA destroying as many as possible
Totally agree
simply awesome guys... dont let us wait
This is fantastic. A virtual air show
I remember in 2006 when we were staying in the cabins on Lighthouse Point on KNPA, a Black Lions F-14 was giving flights to (I guess) students and sailors on some kind of retirement flight. After being used to T-6s and the occasional Goshawk and odd F-18s, the sound woke me up and I went outside to watch it from the point.
As it kept flying I eventually went over to the museum and walked back to the "flight line" where several others from the museum had gathered. I had seen several Tomcats but I don't recall ever seeing one fly. They were tearing it up. At the end of all that, the plane was parked on the "ramp" outside of the West wall of the Blue Angels atrium. I got up the next day and walked over at about 0630 and walked around it. Touching it was like touching a massive living creature. I had seen one fly and now I was alone with it as it rested after it's career. I remember it was still dripping oil and JP.
Seeing this reminded me of that. I really enjoyed it and I guess I need to go get DCS now.
Well said Kyle. :) The F-14 Tomcat was and is a very special plane. The engineering and technology that went into were first rate and very innovative, especially with its swing-wing design, which provides a phenomenal combination of high speed and excellent maneuverability. No other plane in the world can do what the Tomcat could and can do. Sadly, it was retired after the cold war was over and long range threats from Soviet bombers no longer existed. Unfortunately, the powers that be that cancelled the Tomcat program were not very forward thinking and now, just a few short years later, our aircraft carriers are now facing the very real threat of long range anti-ship missiles. To counter this threat, a very high speed interceptor/fighter is needed to be able to intercept enemy planes that can launch these anti-ship missiles. Both the F/A-18 Hornet and F-35 the Navy currently is using are about 400 mph slower than the F-14 Tomcat, leaving them comparatively very deficient in defending our aircraft carriers. That's a huge speed advantage the F-14 Tomcat provides and can make the difference between one of our aircraft carriers being hit with anti-ship missiles or not. The need for the F-14 Tomcat has once again arisen, if that need ever even went away. Grumman has the next evolutionary step of the F-14 Tomcat all ready to go in blueprints. It's an amazing, even better plane than the F-14 Tomcat and is known as the F-14 Super Tomcat. This plane needs to be built and the sooner the better. As a side benefit, building this plane would put thousands of Americans to work at a time we need that most. Here is the link to this outstanding plane; www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29653/this-is-what-grummans-proposed-f-14-super-tomcat-21-would-have-actually-looked-like?fbclid=IwAR2gopwZXDPcnQsK7GLiqt1Clf-DFMi5VesHRAUjcQRmy2GH-ndkm36fKmk
Freaking amazing, just like being front row at an airshow!
Absolutely Fantastic! I enjoyed watching the entire thing!
Fantastic work, i am feeling like watching Top Gun.
"You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn’t any woman, and there isn’t any horse, nor any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane, and men who love them are faithful to them even though they leave them for others. A man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will ever be". - Ernest Hemingway August 1944
All I want for christmas is this beast
Gryff 😍👍make that two!
Three.
@@Eleolius Christmas? Consider yourself lucky if we get it by then end of this winter...
We are talking here about Heatblur and DCS.
Nice simulation, and the sounds were pure *incredible*
Incredible guys - those sounds are awesome....
The only thing missing is the smell of popcorn, cotton candy, and jet fuel. Simply superb work!
That flyby pass made me spill coffee down my shirt and now I want some butts! Great job guys...she looks great!
Basher 😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍
This makes me so happy.. cannot wait!!!!!!
i feel so maverick when watching this, the soundtrack makes a great work to
rene ziesig 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Reminds me of the original LOMAC days (year 2003, evolved into DCS) where I used to play both audience and pilot to perform a show :D This jet looks amazing. We have come a long way.
Holly shit.
So great....video..
I love this...
Anytime Baby..!!
Shut up and take my money.
Oh wait. You already did. :P
what about your wife? 😊
hahahaha, great
lmfao nice
same here
It would be awesome to actually get something in return for our money.. And no, i dont count these pointless videos, I cant use them in any way, i want DCS module i have payed for.
I saw a VF-101 "Grim Reapers" F-14B demonstration at Andrew's Air Force Base in 1998. This video took me back to that!
This level of porn should be banned!!! jk release this thing!
David Thompson 😅👍👏
Hahaha
Such a beautiful jet and great sim team!
Hands down best video ever for dcs. Keep me coming sir show vids
Really great commentary. Enjoyed that, thanks
I grew up a couple miles from miramar and in the shadow of this beasty beauty. Id just sit outside watching the pattern for hours. Even got a 1am high speed burner pass over the house one time lol my mom called the cops cuz she thought it was an attack! Hilarious! I miss this bird so much ty!
Just like being at an Airshow... Good Job, guys!
i wish they would bring this amazing aircraft back. with new radar and targeting, more modern materials and composites to make it lighter, more powerful engines and maybe even throw some thrust vectoring nozzels on. this thing could be the scary power house it was all over again. A testament to how well it was designed.
@Crusader Ace24 Nah, personally I think an "F-14F", with all new materials, better radars, deadlier weapons, more powerful engines, and a better understanding of production could be WELL worth every penny cent. Especially compared to something like the ugly F-35 piece of junk we got now.
Very nice indeed...can't wait to get my hands on this!
EPIC Demonstration!
EPIC F-14 Tomcat!
EPIC Flight!
Epic Audio!
But OMG look at the crowd X-D
Pre-Purchased this already & the brill-cream has arrived...I feel the need, the need for speed :-)
Kinda reminds me of the F-14B VF-143 demonstration that Cpt. Dale Snodgrass did back in the day. ESPECIALLY the simulated carrier landing touch and go at 10:45. Snort did that exact move at that airshow. RIP captain. Thanks for the video
I'm not crying, just got some JP fumes in my eyes..
No shame in that my friend!!❤
Wow! the sound is amazing, the F14 is one bad ass plane, a legend in my mind... I remember roving sands, Roswell, NM ... it was in around 1995 or 1996.... I saw a four ship formation of tomcats cruising at around 300 kts... wings swept back... four diamonds in the sky.... that image is burned into my memory forever!
Super video guys. Great job by the pilot, very professional and convincing. The jet looks uber cool and deserves to be a top seller. Good luck with everything and thanks for sharing the video. 👍👍👌
This takes me back in time to become a wide eyed grinning kid again! Well done Heatblur!