NASA Dryden played a key role in advancing the Grumman F-14 Tomcat's capabilities through two major research programs. From ...

If you’re asked to picture a fighter jet, the images conjured in most people’s minds will look very similar to the iconic Grumman F-14 Tomcat, a formidable combat aircraft and star of the ...

Specifically with its aircraft carrier-based fleet ... for its “awkward” appearance when landing on a carrier’s flight deck, the F-14 Tomcat was designed by the Grumman Corporation and ...

As the F-14 tomcat rounded the fantail on the aircraft carrier’s port side ... expected him to fly with his wings extended forward in landing configuration…but he joined up and immediately ...

The F-111B was designed to defend the fleet, but only one landed aboard an aircraft carrier, the Coral Sea ... and preferred its replacement, the F-14 Tomcat. The Tactical Fighter–Experimental ...

The F-22N Was Envisioned to Replace the F-14 Tomcat There ... withstand the shock of landing on a carrier, a tailhook, and folding wings for carrier storage. The aircraft would require a dual ...

After 36 years of service, the U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat was retired in September 2006. 13News Now was there at Naval Air Station Oceana to document the aircraft's final flight, as Hampton Roads bid ...

When the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flew in 1970 ... namely its avionics. The Tomcat was the first aircraft to use a microprocessor-driven flight system, as well as the first microprocessor ...