Does the F-14 Tomcat have a dual control trainer version?
- question from name withheld

No trainer version of the F-14 was ever built. Although the F-14 is a two-seat fighter, it cannot be flown from the aft seat. Pilot training consists of many hours in trainer aircraft such as the T-34, T-2, and T-45 as well as in ground-based F-14 simulators. However, the first time a pilot flies the Tomcat, it is a standard, full-up aircraft just like what is used by the fleet. In the words of one F-14 pilot, "Before flight simulators, they just got into the air and figured it out."
- answer by Greg Alexander, 13 April 2003