| F-14 Tomcat "Fleet Defender" |
| F-14 Tomcat "Fleet Defender" |
| Front Seat (F-14 A/B) |
| The front cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat is typical of contemporary American layout, with a sense of order in a relatively small space. Dominating the forward panels is the square vertical display indicator screen, with the air combat manoeuvring panel above. The head-up display unit sits atop a flat portion of the console top rim. To the right of the VDI are dials covering acceleration and bearing distance heading among others, while at left indicators such as airspeed Mach # and radar altimetere. Side panels cover launch bar, landing gear and flap control at left and arrester hook, display control and elevation lead on the right-hand side. |
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| Back Seat (F-14 A) |
| The rear cockpit occupied by the Naval Flight Officer , has less instrumentation. The panel at the top is the detail data display panel, while the large circular housing incorporates the tactical information display unit. Threat advisory lights, fuel quantity totalizer, canopy jettison handle and bearing distance heading indicators are at top right of the TID. The large panel at far left covers armament operations. The side consoles are quite large and cover a variety of items such as ECM, IFF transponder control , communications and eject command control. |
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