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F-14 Tomcat to Tornado F2 & F3 | Pete Legg (In-Person Part 2)

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Pete Legg shares what it was like coming from flying the F-14A with VF-101 on his exchange tour and back to the RAF to fly the Tornado F2 and F3!
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20 Comments

@AircrewInterview Creator 2 years ago Pinned

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@karen12359339 2 years ago

What a character seems like a guy who knows how to have fun

@andy1514-g1q 2 years ago

for the benefit of non-Brits, British Military projects at the time had code names called the "Rainbow Codes" in the format "Colour Thing" - eg Yellow Sun. the joke about the delayed F2 radar being replaced by a lump of concrete, was that it got nicknamed "Blue Circle" after a brand of cement.

@JackRoadkill 2 years ago

He's a bit of a boy, this chap, isn't he?! Superb stories and a great way of telling them.

@engineer17151 2 years ago

What a great bloke ... salt of the earth, and tells a good story. Be great to have a pint with I'd bet. True Brit.

@CaptainMainwaring455 1 month ago

“It was so bad we both wanted to go back to America”. Probably the most valid assessment of the Tornado F2/F3 ever made.

@beechbonanza3895 2 years ago

Leggy! Flew with you at Coningsby 229 OCU, an American counterpart-me and Casper. I trained in the Tomcat at Miramar and later at Oceana. Fentress field is diabolical. Always a tailwind while I was bouncing there. Negative training in my experience. Hats off to all my east coast brethren that successfully carrier qualified in the Tomcat.

@TowGunner 2 years ago

I watch a lot of Tomcat videos so this was recommended. Watched part 1 and 2. Fantastic interview!

@shirleydrury5565 2 years ago

Love this guy he tells it like it is top bloke. Thank you both for sharing this interview with us regards😊😊❤❤

@robbmaclean 2 years ago

What a brilliant interview! Ranks as one of your best.

@guypeasley 2 years ago

A very understated and amusing Guy!

@montybrewster7 2 years ago

What a great dinner guest pete would make. Clearly a great down to earth bloke & a great story teller. Thanks for another great couple of interviews mike.

@P-J-W-777 2 years ago

I believe the F-14 b and onward they fixed that low level speed limitation with the new engines. Great conversation about some wonderful history.

@chrissmith8773 2 years ago

Top bloke. Great stories. 👍

@neilhurt1992 2 years ago

Pete Legg, love the stories, thank you sir. Never met you whilst I was in the airforce, looks like you had a bloody good time! Didn't know you flew commercial. I left in 1984 and went to SHAPE in Belgium where I flew with a Vietnam vet who took F4s 'up north' in the 70s. We took our little 172s down to Luxembourg to save money on fuel...Lots of fun!

@petermallm149 2 years ago

Loved listening to him 👍👍👍

@Odysseuss. 2 years ago

Watched a F3 at LEU come in swept, after much excitement took the last RHAG. Brave aircrew who, probably like everyone else watching, didn't realise how far the rhag would stretch towards the end of the runway the berm, fence and road beyond!. All's well that ends well.