 Just a little trivia ... the plane shown here
( Camelot 100 - photo taken 29th July 1975) was the first F-14A from VF-14 to go in the
drink due to catapult failure ... I was the plane captain who watched his plane and crew
go over the angle deck ... The crew bailed out ok ... The plane floated past the Big
John ( USS John F. Kennedy CVN-67) before sinking ... Oh yea, the pilot was the skipper of
the squadron ... commander Lavinder ... back seat man was lt. Recame ... who by the way
left the squadron shortly after it was reported that I turned in the canopy jettison pins
that he forgot to remove before launch. AMS2 Dean E Watson
Related links on this site:
Alumni Photo, The Alumni Pages, F-14A Tomcat |
