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Might have been posted before.. however
a friend send me this link yesterday.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sIEt0y9yKHo&search=f14

Fortunately both pilots survived. You can hear them scream
at the end of the video ... "two parachutes".
I also searched the internet and came across this

NWSA1066. USS Abraham Lincoln F-14 crashes at sea
AT SEA ABOARD USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (NWSA) -- Both air crew
from a U.S. Navy F-14A have been safely recovered following a
crash in the Pacific Ocean 800 miles west of Guam on Sept. 20.
The two aviators were safely recovered by a USS John Paul
Jones' (DDG 53) small boat shortly after their aircraft crashed
in the water approximately 56 miles from the aircraft carrier USS
Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). USS John Paul Jones is a part of the
Abraham Lincoln Battle Group.
The aircraft was from Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213), based
at Naval Air Station Miramar, Calif. The squadron is part of
Carrier Airwing 11.
A helicopter from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 6
(HS-6), based at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego,
returned the air crew to Abraham Lincoln.

I have now some questions.
1. How can a pilot eject out of this situation ?
2. What happend.. Did he overstress his aircraft (You can
see plane starting a turn short before the explosion) or
did his engine just blew up for some reason ?

I believe and Bman can prob confirm or correct this, that the F14A had certain design faults that caused this to happen. Overstressing the airframe at or near supersonic velocity.

I found an further post in the same thread
.. haven

[quote]I found an further post in the same thread
.. haven

Interesting source Hagar !!
When I read that article.. and the links in this article.. it looks
like there have been a lot of problems with the F14.
Was(Is) it a widowmaker like the Starfighter ?

Another question... what is a compressor/engine stall ?

I believe its when the engine cant get enough air into it, or too much air into it and basically the engines stop.

yep we just talked about compressor stalls in aircraft systems II last week and it tends to have a various ways of answering the question...

for simple verification look here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressor_stall