Recent content by MaxQ

The A4 was called 'Scooter' by us. The F14 was occasionally called 'Turkey' because of it's apperance on final approach. MaxQ

I'v read that quite a few US fighters ran in to compressibility problems during dives. Except for the Me262 I don't recall if any other German fighters had this problem, or other fighters from differant countries. MaxQ

Hello, I'm new to this forum and I'd like to introduce myself. My screen name is MaxQ. I'm 50 some odd years old, ex Navy. Worked TA4J Scooters and F 14s. I was stationed at Guantanamo Bay around 1975. Spent 1977 to 1978 with the Tophatters (Tomcat squadron) on board the Big John (USS...