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==In real life== * Astronaut [[Duane Carey]] used the callsign "Spider" as an A-10 pilot;<ref name="mmm">{{cite news |last1=Max |first1=B.J. |title=MMM Interviews Lt Colonel Duane "Digger" Carey |url=http://mnmotorcycle.com/april-2010-mmm-interviews-lt-colonel-duane-digger-carey/ |accessdate=August 2, 2017 |work=Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly |date=April 2010}}</ref> When he transferred to F-16s, his call sign was changed to "Digger", because another pilot with that callsign had recently left the group, and the group wanted to continue its use.<ref name="mmm"/> *[[United States Navy|US Navy]] [[fighter pilot]] [[Dale Snodgrass]] used the callsign of "Snort" and flew the [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He is known for [[:File:SnodgrassBananaPass.jpg|a photo]] of him in his F-14 doing a knife edge pass off the side of the [[USS America (CV-66)|USS America]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tributes pour in for flying legend Dale 'Snort' Snodgrass after fatal crash Saturday at Lewiston airport {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/jul/25/tributes-pour-in-for-flying-legend-dale-snort-snod/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=www.spokesman.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leone |first=Dario |date=2018-10-04 |title=The story (and video) behind Dale "Snort" Snodgrass legendary super low Banana Pass |url=https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-and-video-behind-dale-snort-snodgrass-legendary-super-low-banana-pass/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=The Aviation Geek Club |language=en-GB}}</ref> After his retirement from the Navy he flew many types of [[warbird]]s at airshows across the world, up until his death in mid-2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leone |first=Dario |date=2021-07-25 |title=Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, legendary US Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot, killed in the crash of a SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019 |url=https://theaviationgeekclub.com/dale-snort-snodgrass-legendary-us-navy-f-14-tomcat-pilot-killed-in-in-the-crash-of-a-siai-marchetti-sm-1019/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=The Aviation Geek Club |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=Dale Snodgrass Bio: Age, Wife, Family About the Legendary Pilot Who Died in a Crash |url=https://www.earnthenecklace.com/dale-snodgrass-bio-age-wife-family/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Earn The Necklace |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Gary |first2=Debbie |title=The Real Top Gun |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-real-top-gun-32185/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
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