Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The canopy system on the F14 did not work that way. In a flat spin the nose would occilate and it was possible to have canopy hitting the seat issues. Hence the requirement to manually jettison the canopy first. The F14 has a wingspan the same as a B17 and weighs as much as some early DC9 aircraft.
So you are saying the seats in even the later versions weren’t 0/0 capable? Yes.....I said it was a big fighter; too big in some respects and a beast in others.
I nothing nothing about the requirement to manually jettison the canopy in certain situations (not my aircraft), but it wasn’t favorite for many years.