Preparations have started for our open cockpit day.

November 29th

#AnytimeBaby #tomcat #VF41 #OpenCockpitDay #opencockpit #vacwarbirds #Warbirds #ValiantAirCommand #FlyNavy

A close up shot of an F-14 fighter jet model's cockpit from the rear, before the fuselage is assembled around it. The cockpit is detailed with 3D decals for the instrument panels.

A close up shot of an F-14 fighter jet model's cockpit from the front, before the fuselage is assembled around it. The cockpit is detailed with 3D decals for the instrument panels.

A close up shot of a 1/48 scale ejection seat from the Hasegawa F-14A model kit. The seat is assembled and painted, with spare decals applied to represent warning labels and data plates.

My progress so far on my F-14A 1/48 scale Hasegawa model for the History of Everything model building competition. Slow but steady! Front wheel well is next. #modeling #F14 #tomcat #anytimebaby #historyofeverything

Tomcat territory. Taken from vultures row whilst underway in the Persian Gulf whilst on board CVN-71 some nineteen years ago. Carrier decks have certainly become quite boring in comparison. #aviation #avgeek #tomcattuesday #flynavy #anytimebaby #f14 #cvn71 #tomcatters #blacklions

Lion 205 a VF-213 Black Lions F-14D Tomcat, moving towards catapult number two on board CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt, for launch on a mission over the beach in support of OIF. Persian Gulf, Jan 2006.
#aviation #avgeeek #f14 #tomcat #tomcattuesday #topgun #flynavy #cvn71 #blacklions #anytimebaby

Felix 106 crewing up, ready for another mission over the beach in support of OIF. Taken during an embark on CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt, somwhere in the Persian Gulf.
#aviation #avgeek #f14 #tomcattuesday #anytimebaby #grumman #navy #flynavy #topgun

two pics I took in 2023 at the always-wonderful NASM Annex of FELIX 105, better known as GYPSY 207. F-14D(R) BuNo. 159610, originally built as an F-14A, was one of the two MiG killers in the 1989 Gulf of Sidra Incident, downing a Libyan MiG-23
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