What plane is on the front page of cnn.com ?

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: hdeck

Originally posted by: notfred
It's an F-14. Yes I'm sure, and you people who are jsut htrowing out random numbers and hoping an F-XX actually exists shouldn't act like you know what you're talknig about.

calm down. at first glance it didn't look like a tomcat to me...

Why not? The only other plane we have in service with similar intakes is the F-15, and it doesn't fly off carriers. The F-18 intakes are underneathe the front of the wing, and the wing flows smoothly into the fusealage, there is no abrupt angle like on the F-14 and F-15.

See, this is why in my first post I just said Tomcat. I knew Tomcat's flew off carriers, but I wasn't sure of their F designation (14 or 15) until I looked it up.

amish

 

[Tripleshot]

f18

pic

 

[VBboy]

It is an unmanned Iraqi drone! You should know better.

 

[dudleydocker]

It's a Mirage III, oh no! Wait!!! They all gave themselves up and flew to Iran!!!

 

[Jugernot]

F14 Tomcat

 

[justint]

The big one is an F-14, the other aircraft is an EA-6B Prowler

 

[squirrel dog]

F14 Tomcat.Carrier ver. of the F15.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
F14 Tomcat.Carrier ver. of the F15.

I was always under the assumption that the F14 and F15 were different.

F14 - Northrop Grumman craft
F15 - McDonnell Douglas

The only similarity they share is the Pratt & Whitney engines.

 

[weeber]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
F14 Tomcat.Carrier ver. of the F15.

I was always under the assumption that the F14 and F15 were different.

F14 - Northrop Grumman craft
F15 - McDonnell Douglas

The only similarity they share is the Pratt & Whitney engines.

Yes they are completely different aircraft. I'll take an F-15 personally, but that's just me. BTW, Boeing bought out McDonald Douglas. Now whenever I go to airshows they announce the aircraft as the Boeing F-15 Eagle or the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, which just seems wrong.

 

[Cerebus451]

You can also tell the plane in the picture is an F-14 from the outline of the targeting camera that can be seen under the nose. Also, the other plane is the EA-6B Prowler. The A-6 Intruder is no longer in service. The airframe still exists as the Prowler as well as a refueling aircraft (can't remember it's designation).

 

[DrPizza]

Boss! Da Plane! Da Plane!

 

[BuckNaked]

Originally posted by: justint
The big one is an F-14, the other aircraft is an EA-6B Prowler

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
F14 Tomcat.Carrier ver. of the F15.

They are completely different...the F14 also has a 'swing wing'..which the F15 doesn't...plus a bunch of other differences.

 

[Zebo]

Did GrassHopper take these? I can't see sh1t.