Ep.39 – Top Gun Days and the F-14 Tomcat
This special Top Gun episode on the F-14 Tomcat features Commander David ‘Bio’ Baranek (US Navy Retired), a former F-14 RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) who commanded an F-14 Fighter Squadron.
Find out what it takes to be a Top Gun Instructor and hear stories about making the 1986 film ‘Top Gun’, ejecting from the F-14 Tomcat, firing a Phoenix missile and much, much more.
Bio in his office
Also joining us in this Tomcat special are Jon Speilberger and Andy Mortimer from the popular ‘I Want One Of Those – F-14 Tomcat’ Facebook Group.
Bio’s book – Top Gun Days
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Ep.39 – Top Gun Days and the F-14 Tomcat
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Links and information…
David Bio Baraneck
Bio on Twitter
Click to buy Bio’s book from Amazon:
Bio and an F-5 ‘Aggressor’
F-14 RIO’s Cockpit
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/cockpits/f14/
F-14 – VF-24
I Want One Of Those – F14 Tomcat Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/iwantonef14/
F-14 – VF-24
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F-5 (MiG-28) take-off ahead of Top Gun filming
(All images c/o Dave Baranek – not be reproduced without permission)
