F-111B Carrier suitability tests and trials.👀

Last night my 5 year old just wanted to watch jet videos before bed. I was so proud. Not fighter jets, but we’re going to St Martin at the end of this month and he wants to go to that beach where the planes land just feet from people on the beach. The boy loves planes!

that's awesome. once you get the bug, there is no cure. 😀

Found this on Wikipedia. Note the aircraft serial number is different from the aircraft in the video. It has Navy markings. Interesting as the wiki states this aircraft was the first reproduction F-111B. The photo has to be at the DMAFB Boneyard. Lots of great history there.

I believe an Admiral testified to Congress, "All the thrust in Christendom will not make it a fighter."

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The F111 proved to be too heavy and the landing gear was not durable enough for carrier service

Watching this great video made me wonder about comparing the size of the F-111B to the F-14. I'll have to google stuff about aircraft, my favorite pastime.

Let me highjack the attention and say R.I.P. Val Kilmer. Top gun wouldn't be the same without you...

Awesome !! I never knew the Aardvark had Wet Feet !

The F111 eventually fell into its own but McNamara was a disaster. We should have the F14D 10 or more yrs sooner if it was not for his misguided guidance.

When a general asked Col John Boyd for his recommendations for the F-111, Boyd is supposed to have replied, “General, I’d pull the wings off, install benches in the bomb bay, paint the goddamn thing yellow, and turn it into a high-speed line taxi.

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