And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Actually George Bush was not the youngest pilot as he claimed. Captain Chuck Downey beat him by a couple of months. He later wrote a letter to Downey acknowledging it.
more accurately: George Bush bailed three times. one was an engine failure seconds after takeoff. he received criticism for not rescuing his crewmates during the election, but not from the Navy during the war. that plane has three separate cockpits, and no outside handle - the ground crew had a square key. if you can;t get out on your own, hey - you knew the juob was tough when you took it.
Engine puked at launch iirc.
ReplyDeleteVT-26 TBF-1C Avenger BuNo 48080 (White 92) after ditching following a catapult mishap aboard the USS Santee (CVL-29) 13 March 1944.
ReplyDeleteTime difference aside, I was born while that crew was being fished out of the drink.
DeleteIzzat Sully Sullenberger?
ReplyDeleteThat is what happened to George HW Bush. I believe that he was the youngest pilot in the US Navy at the time.
ReplyDeleteFailed to trap, eh?
ReplyDeleteActually George Bush was not the youngest pilot as he claimed. Captain Chuck Downey beat him by a couple of months. He later wrote a letter to Downey acknowledging it.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Thanks for the update.
Deletemore accurately: George Bush bailed three times. one was an engine failure seconds after takeoff. he received criticism for not rescuing his crewmates during the election, but not from the Navy during the war. that plane has three separate cockpits, and no outside handle - the ground crew had a square key. if you can;t get out on your own, hey - you knew the juob was tough when you took it.
ReplyDeleteMy father was the navigator of the USS Santee “Goddess of War”. RIP Dad.
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