JC todayshorse!!... 4th Nov!!!

[cantflywontfly]

JC todayshorse... 4th November!!!

Welcome all to this weeks JC contest!

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todayshorse takes a seat on the judges bench this week,
and earned his spot with this shot :





















And for the theme we

[jetprop]

i made this shot a few days before this contest started,it was obvious that the topic was going to be f14. XD
https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/upl ... 056057.jpg
it doesn't realy show the size but its ok i think...

[todayshorse]

i made this shot a few days before this contest started,it was obvious that the topic was going to be f14. XD

What!!!??? How did you know???

[gtirob01]

I think he is referring to my..... ummm, guess? lol

Yay... my favorite bird, oh what shall I do??? 

[Bullock]

[quote]I think he is referring to my..... ummm, guess? lol

Yay... my favorite bird, oh what shall I do???

[gtirob01]

[quote][quote]I think he is referring to my..... ummm, guess? lol

Yay... my favorite bird, oh what shall I do???

[Bullock]

Im not sure... (I really need to start keeping track of where I get my stuff!), but Ill mos def have a search around....

[CHUCK79]

2006

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The F-14 Tomcat, the dogfighting Cold War fighter jet immortalized in the movie "Top Gun," made its ceremonial final flight Friday in a display that suggested the timing was right for retirement.
Pilot Lt. Cmdr. David Faehnle and radar intercept officer Lt. Cmdr. Robert Gentry gave a final salute from inside their cockpit before aircraft no. 102 taxied down the runway and out of sight at Oceana Naval Air Station.

The plane that actually took off as thousands applauded and whistled, however, was aircraft no. 107, with Lt. Cmdr. Chris Richard at the controls and intercept officer Lt. Mike Petronis in the back seat.

The first jet had mechanical problems - "a common occurrence with the F-14," said Mike Maus, a Navy spokesman. The second jet had been on standby just in case.

Before the flight, Adm. John Nathman, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command and a former F-14 pilot, said the retiring jet with the moveable, swept-back wings was "sometimes tough to fly" and tough to fix - but it was resilient.

"The legacy of this aircraft is not the 'Top Gun' movie," Nathman said. "The legacy is found in America's commitment to win the Cold War."
From Military.Com

https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/upl ... 259534.jpg

Awesome theme.....good luck to all 8-) 8-)

[todayshorse]

So there first salvos are fired with two great shots, in fact bloody brilliant shots if i may say, and i will say! 

[gtirob01]

Right you are... great shots, excellent shots to begin with!

Have an idea floating around in my mind... now to execute it, haha

[Club508]

i made this shot a few days before this contest started,it was obvious that the topic was going to be f14. XD
https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/upl ... 056057.jpg
it doesn't realy show the size but its ok i think...

Awesome!  The water and aircraft carrier is amazing and the motion blur is simply fantastic!
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https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/upl ... 259534.jpg

Wonderful shot!

[jetprop]

i made this shot a few days before this contest started,it was obvious that the topic was going to be f14. XD
https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/upl ... 056057.jpg
it doesn't realy show the size but its ok i think...

Awesome!

[Club508]

No problem.  If they deserve it, I say it.

And asfor repaints... I'll get right on that in a minute.

[gtirob01]

"Warning yellow... weapons hold"

https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/uploads/1319484060.jpg

[center]CDR Joseph Bernard Connelly and CDR Leo F. Enright were in F-14 AC207 (AC was the tail code for VF-32 Swordsmen) and LT Hermon C. Cook III and CDR Steven Patrick Collins were in AC204. At 11:50 the two aircraft were informed by a Grumman E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft that four Libyan MiG-23 Floggers had taken off from Al Bumbaw airfield near Tobruk. The Tomcats turned for an intercept, the first two MiGs were 50 km ahead of the rear pair. The common procedure at the time was to acquire and lock the enemy aircraft with the Tomcats powerful AWG-9 radar, a maneuver that generally ended with the enemy aircraft reversing their course and avoiding an engagement. The Tomcats locked the Floggers from 72 nautical miles away. The Tomcats then turned away from the head-on approach, thus indicating to the Floggers they do not wish to engage in combat.

The two Libyan MiGs changed their course and gained speed. They accelerated to 870 KTS (1,600 km/h) and were on an intercepting course, heading towards the two Tomcats. The Tomcats descended to 3,000 feet with their radars still tracking the Floggers. Due to the low altitude of the Tomcats, the Flogger pilots had no clear radar image of the Tomcats. This diving and climbing maneuver was executed four times, hoping the Floggers will be intimated and reverse heading.

[Club508]

"Warning yellow... weapons hold"

https://www.simviation.com/phpupload/upl ... 484060.jpg

Amazing!
The blurlike softness is simply AMAZING!!!  Perfectly smooth!
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And absolutly wonderfull story.  Sounds like the libyans got smart after that.
Don't mess with the Americans.  Or their military.
Was it a real engagement or a fictional one for the shot?