The following articles related to the F-14 have appeared in the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine.
The Road to the Future… Is Paved With Good Inventions. The Tomcats Brain.
We bring you 10 great ideas that made flying safer, easier, or just a whole lot more fun.
Air & Space Magazine, September 01, 2009
(This is an article on Ray Holt and the F-14 CADC design)
The Real Top Gun: Nobody handled a Tomcat like Snort.
By Debbie Gary, Air & Space Magazine, July 01, 2010
Swing Wings: It’s all done with computers (and good old-fashioned hydraulics).
By Joe Pappalardo, Air & Space Magazine, September 01, 2006
Tomcat Tribute: The Navy’s fearsome fighter retires.
Air & Space Magazine, September 01, 2006
Tales of the F-14: More recollections of the fabled fighter.
By airspacemag.com, Air & Space Magazine, September 01, 2006
Persian Cats: How Iranian air crews, cut off from U.S. technical support, used the F-14 against Iraqi attackers.
By Tom Cooper, Air & Space Magazine, September 01, 2006
Star Quality: How did we love the Tomcat? On the 20th anniversary of Top Gun, we count the ways.
By The Editors, Air & Space Magazine, September 01, 2006
Bob Smyth, Grumman Test Pilot (1927-2012): He flew the first flight of the F-14A Tomcat in 1970.
By The Editors, Air & Space Magazine, January 11, 2012
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