Dale Snodgrass was a United States Navy aviator and air show performer who according to the Spokane Spokesman-Review was considered one of the greatest fighter pilots of all time.
US Navy 041028 F 0971G 021 Retired Capt. Dale Snodgrass speaks to children from the Starbase program at the Florida Air National Guard Base in Jacksonville, Fla
Snodgrass' famous "banana pass" over the USS America in 1988
Snodgrass in his Korean War-era F-86 Sabre, 2004
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the U
Dale Snodgrass
…performer who according to the Spokane Spokesman-Review was considered one of the greatest fighter pilots of all time. Snodgrass was the "highest time Tomcat pilot," after having accumulated more than 4,800 hours in the F-14 and more than 1,200 arrested carrier landings, both more than any other pilot. He…
A U.S. Navy F-14D conducts a mission over the Persian Gulf region in 2005
The F-111B was designed to fulfill the carrier-based interceptor role, but had weight and performance problems, and was not suited to the types of aerial combat that were predominant over Vietnam.
Grumman's VFX entry was designed around the TF30 engine, AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 missile intended for the F-111B; this eventually became the F-14A.
VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs" F-14B (in the foreground) and F/A-18E Super Hornet in 2005