Capt. Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, USN (Ret.)

[Creepy847]

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/interview...s/index-pf.html

 

 

If you've researched information on the F-14, it is pretty likely that the name Dale Snodgrass has appeared somewhere in what you've read.  "Snort" is virtual legend in the Tomcat community, and with more than 4,800 hours in the F-14, he is the most experienced Tomcat pilot in the world.  Over a 26-year career in Naval Aviation, he had moved from being the first student pilot to trap an F-14 on a carrier to commanding the US Navy's entire fleet of Tomcats as the Commander of Fighter Wing Atlantic.  Now retired, Snort is on the airshow circuit, flying a wide range of aircraft, from the F4U and P-51 to the F-86, MiG-15, and MiG-17.

 

The accolades for Snort's flying are long and distinguished.....twelve operational Fighter Squadron / Wing tours, including command of Fighter Squadron 33 during Desert Storm, the Navy's "Fighter Pilot of the Year" in 1985, Grumman Aerospace's "Topcat of the Year" for 1986, a US Navy Tomcat Flight Demonstration Pilot from 1985-1997, and numerous decorations for combat and peacetime flight. 

 

SimHQ.com recently had the honor and privilege to speak to one of the premiere naval aviators of his generation....Captain Dale "Snort" Snodgrass.

 

Edited by MadJeff...

Edited August 23, 2004 by MadJeff

[+MadJeff]

Creepy, thanks for the heads-up on the article, but next time you might want to just give the link and maybe a paragraph or two for a teaser. I'm ot sure how SimHQ would feel about lifting the entire article. :D

[Creepy847]

Thx Jeff Thought of that after I posted it.

 

R/S

Creepy847

Semper Fi.

Edited August 23, 2004 by Creepy847