Tomcat Alley: A Photographic Roll Call of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Schiffer Military History) [Hardcover]

David F. Brown (Author)

Book Description

Series: Schiffer Military History | Publication Date: July 1, 1998

Tomcat Alley contains over seven-hundred images depicting the venerable F-14 Tomcat, bureau number by bureau number. Each U.S. Navy Tomcat is traced from date of delivery through February 1998. After a brief introduction, informative captions provide de

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764304771
• ISBN-13: 978-0764304774
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Tomcat Alley, August 27, 2000

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James A. Leslie (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tomcat Alley: A Photographic Roll Call of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Schiffer Military History) (Hardcover)

Tomcat Alley is in a word, outstanding! As a former F-14 pilot and military photo enthusiast, I found this publication fantastically complete in its inclusion of every F-14 aircraft ever made and the subsequent dispositions of these aircraft as they either continue their services lives or have retired. Anyone who is doing research on a particular USN F-14 by bureau number will find this book invaluable; those who are interested in the F-14 on a more casual basis will find the book equally entertaining. It's a MUST HAVE publication!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tomcat Alley is outstanding., May 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tomcat Alley: A Photographic Roll Call of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Schiffer Military History) (Hardcover)

In compiling a complete pictorial accounting of the US Navy's quintessential fighter plane, author Brown and editors Lebaron and Kaston have created a treatment of the F-14 that is as enjoyable and readable as it was exhaustively researched. In the increasingly crowded field of popular military aviation literature, Tomcat Alley is unique in that it will equally engage the historian, the airplane buff, and -- of course -- the F-14 enthusiast. Tomcat Alley sets the bar for all future aviation 'roll-call'-style references. Well done!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful concept, but dated, November 17, 2006

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W. G. Papa (Oak Harbor, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tomcat Alley: A Photographic Roll Call of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Schiffer Military History) (Hardcover)

A very detailed and fascinating roll call of the 712 F-14's built. Unfortunately, the book is current only through 1998.

This book could become the definitive Tomcat bible if it was updated to include all Tomcats through the final retirement in September and provide some coverage of the many ceremonies that took place as the Tomcat flew into the sunset.