F-14 Tomcat Syllabus

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Basic Flying

Starting Up

• Cold Start using Quickstart Checklist

Landing

• On-speed Flying
  • Level Flight (Pick an altitude, dirty up and go on-speed maintaining altitude)
  • Turning (Perform ~30 degree bank turns maintaining altitude)
  • Careful climbing and descending (around 500 feet/minute)
  • Quickly going from ordinary flight (around 350 kts IAS) to on-speed flying.
• Landing (~500-700 feet/minute, no flare)
• Traffic Pattern Touch'n'Go Practice (maintain on-speed, climb to 1500', turn downwind to end up ~1.5 NM from course line, turn final and descend when wingtip passes runway threshold)
• Overhead break (Approach in runway direction, 300 kts IAS, 1500'. Break over runway, enter downwind and land as explained above) http://wiki.masterarms.se/index.php/Fil:OverheadBreak.png

Basic Combat

Basic Air-To-Ground

• High angle gun strafing (Start from 8000', roll in, ~30 degree dive angle, 400-500 kts, fire short burst at ~3000' and pull up) Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdaBRMG5yN4

Basic Defence

• Evade enemy missile by putting it on your 3 o'clock or 9 o'clock (Evaluate in TacView)

Aerial Refueling

• Use radio menu to contact correct tanker
• Locate and form up on tanker's left wing (echelon left formation)
• Hooking up and receiving fuel, straight and through turns
• Moving to right side after refueling (echelon right formation)

Basic Carrier Ops

• Learn CASE 1 Recovery
  • Jabbers Youtube Video, explaining how to fly a CASE 1 Recovery.
  • Aim for 40+ score, no 1-wires and no settle in Bankler's CASE 1 Recovery Trainer, a DCS mission giving you feedback on how well you're flying the pattern.
  • Perform ball call
• Learn CASE 1 Departure (fly BRC at 300 kts IAS 500' until 7 NM before climbing and forming up)
• Learn to fly the full CASE 1 approach as a wingman, holding formation through approach, port-hold, commencing and initial

Intermediate Carrier Ops

• Learn to fly the full CASE 1 approach as a lead, including communicating with Marshal and Tower
• Learn CASE 3 Departure
• Learn CASE 3 Recovery

Intermediate Combat

Intermediate Air-To-Air

• Crank and Short skate maneuver

Intermediate Air-To-Ground

• Targeting Pod Usage (Designation and Laser)