What will happen to all of them? Would it be possible for the average person to buy one? Not me because I don't know how to fly but there are lots of people that do so they sell them or just destroy them?
2006-09-24 04:18:19 · 10 answers · asked by DialM4Speed 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
I've read what you all have said but I've seen other former military planes in civilian hands so I just don't get why this one could be sold too. If you take out the guns and other weapons it's just a plane.
2006-09-27 03:35:13 · update #1
A few will go to air force museums, other then that they will be sold for scrap metal
2006-09-24 04:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by Michael 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some F-14s will be sent to museums. I saw one in Aug. 2006 in the Nat'l Warplane Museum in Elmira, NY. I would bet the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL and the Smithsonian will also get some.
NASA may get a few to use as high speed test aircarft, but most will end up in Davis Monthan AFB. They will reside here for years as their parts are reconditioned and sent to be used in other aircraft.
I hate to see her go. She was on hell of a plane. Admiral Tom Connelly can be proud of his namesake.
2006-09-26 00:00:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no you cannot buy one. and even if you could it would take an army of very experienced guy's to keep it in flight condition. they are getting mothballed in AZ as we speak. last friday was the official decom of the cat, the Tomcat Sunset as it bacame known. there will be a few sent to museums, but the bulk of them are going to Davis AFB in Tuscon, AZ. if you are really curious DL Google Earth or go to Google Maps for some sat pics of the base. you can see a bunch of them, along with many others. Yahoo maps suck so stick with Google.
2006-09-25 04:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by DJVC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well
considering the fact that the only country that will still be operating a tomcat would be Iran...no i don't suppose any planes will be sold to civilians at any price.
museums and the bone yard at Davis Montham for them.
2006-09-27 04:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by centurion613 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All F-14s are officially retired and withdrawn from both active and training duties. One might be retained for experimental/scientific purpose, the rest will be scrapped.
To my knowledge, none of them will be headed for any museum, unless the Navy changes its mind later.
And definitely none of the aircraft will be approved for civilian sales, that's for sure.
2006-09-25 05:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by CuriousE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The T-cats will probably become collectors items here & there, some might be sold to other countries (if they are still in top shape), some might be cannibalised for spares (if Grumman stops making parts for them). It really is the end of an era...a 'cat era. One thing is for sure, I'll never forget the aura it generated -with Hollywood's help- with some naughty fliers like:
* Lt. Pete Mitchell ("Maverick").
* Lt. Tom Kizansky ("Iceman").
others include: "Jester", "Slider", "Viper", "Sundown", "Cougar", "Merlin", "Goose", "Hollywood" and "Charlie.
2006-09-25 04:22:25 · answer #6 · answered by Fulani Filot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow.with all due respect,youre an idiot.it WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE for the average person to buy one, as the one's that havent been sent to museums,like the one i work on,will be sent to AMARC as they still have some military value to them.and actually,i have a flight procedures list for an F-14B, and it is several hundered pages long,so that eliminates most of the civilian pilots out there.
2006-09-26 15:01:15 · answer #7 · answered by vetteslayer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt that they'll go to AF museums since they're Navy aircraft. Those that don't go to museums will be ferried to Davis Monthan AFB in AZ, eventually to be dismantled and recycled.
You won't be able to buy one, for any price. Nuclear capable aircraft are never sold off to the civil sector.
2006-09-24 13:18:21 · answer #8 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Some will be scrapped, some will be shipped to museums, some used for training and some will get sold to other countries.
And no, you wouldn't be able to buy one.
2006-09-24 15:01:56 · answer #9 · answered by yeahbutnobut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alot of them will go to museums all over the country and the rest will most likely get scrapped
2006-09-24 19:40:18 · answer #10 · answered by Andy A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋