Nicknamed the “Turkey” by the sailors who worked around these warplanes for its “awkward” appearance when landing on a carrier’s flight deck, the F-14 Tomcat was designed by the Grumman ...

The plane will make what is known as a "tailhook" landing in which ... the flight to the carrier, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Wednesday. Bush is a former F-102 fighter pilot ...

Because of the stringent weight restrictions for carrier landings, the F-14 could not land with a full ... simply to reduce the F-14s weight before landing. In case you were wondering, each ...