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He was doing a flyby of a ship in a carrier battle group, and was near supersonic, at low altitude, and had the plane in a hard turn. At the time, the engines used in the F14-A had problems with compressor stalls in high angle-of attack, high speed, high air density conditions. Other sources claim a problem with the oiling system on one of the engines. Not sure the Navy ever figured it out. He ejected and was rescued, along with his RIO.
JR
Edited to correct some factual errors. There are a couple conflicting accounts of this incident floating around the net, confusing the crashes of two different jets flown by different pilots.
Last edited by javadog; 03-02-2008 at 08:02 AM..
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