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Snort’s Famous Fly-by: The Rest of the Story

One of the more iconic pictures of the mighty Grumman F-14 Tomcat is of CDR Dale “Snort” Snodgrass making a knife edge pass along the port side of the USS America in 1988. Here’s the story of the man who took the photo ABE3 Sean Dunn. Be sure to visit the page, as he has…

One of the more iconic pictures of the mighty Grumman F-14 Tomcat is of CDR Dale “Snort” Snodgrass making a knife edge pass along the port side of the USS America in 1988.

Tomcat Low Pass

Here’s the story of the man who took the photo ABE3 Sean Dunn. Be sure to visit the page, as he has a lot more pictures.

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  1. Shaun Evertson

    That was once a fairly common sight. Sigh.

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  2. HalfEmpty

    Remember seeing pictures of Harriers crossing below the bow of HMS Hermes enroute to the South Atlantic, to “give the boys a taste”.

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  3. LT Rusty

    That’s just such a beautiful picture of my all-time favorite aircraft.

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  4. JoshO

    Just got back from a little trip the the Prairie Air Museum at KBMI where they have one these out on static display. In my head I’ve always known them as larger than other fighters but you just don’t get an appreciation of the size and bulk of the thing till you walk around it. They have some other cool planes on display there and a place with good burgers next door too.

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