FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>Partially deployed intake ramp #1 on a F-14A Tomcat. The ramps created shock waves that slowed and compressed the incoming air to sub sonic speeds. The TF-33 was particularly touchy about its airflow <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/F14A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>F14A</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tomcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tomcat</span></a> #<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvGeek</span></a> </p><p>(ramp diagram taken from <a href="http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-airintake.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-airin</span><span class="invisible">take.htm</span></a>)</p>