Partially deployed intake ramp #1 on a F-14A Tomcat. The ramps created shock waves that slowed and compressed the incoming air to sub sonic speeds. The TF-33 was particularly touchy about its airflow #F14A #Tomcat ##AvGeek (ramp diagram taken from www.anft.net/f-14/f14-det...) - ThreadSky

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Partially deployed intake ramp #1 on a F-14A Tomcat. The ramps created shock waves that slowed and compressed the incoming air to sub sonic speeds. The TF-33 was particularly touchy about its airflow #F14A #Tomcat ##AvGeek

(ramp diagram taken from http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-airintake.htm)

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