Table of Contents
Home ← you are here
Prologue (1966)
Flight Training
Pensacola
Meridian
Carrier Qual
Beeville
F-4 Tour
The RAG
VF-151/Midway
The War
1st War Cruise
2nd War Cruise
TOPGUN
R&D Test
F-14 Tour
The RAG
VF-1/Enterprise
Iran
Continental
S.D. Padres
Naval Reserve
VT-21
VF-1485
Pride Air
America West
Epilogue (2006)
Links
Navy RecruitingFab Job
Naval Aviation Forum
Real "Toko-Ri"
Naval Aviation Museum
Navy Slang
Naval History
"Where do we find such men?" *
(The following pages will tell where they found - in real life - at least one..."such man." )
Updated: February 1, 2008
Welcome...to my personal story.
The many pages of this website will give a personal sketch of my unlikely four decades in aviation - first as a United States Navy Fighter Pilot, then later as a Commercial Airline Pilot.
Feel free to explore each stage of my long and rewarding flying career via the "Table of Contents" listed on the top left of this and all following pages, or by the navigational arrows on the bottom of each page.
Or, if like a majority of visitors, your primary interest involves the Vietnam War, you may jump to that, HERE.
Before continuing, please read the Disclaimer and Author's Comments.
Please Note: This website is a result of two things:
1. My genealogist sister's repeated and withering requests for some written biographical account of my experiences, and;
2. My desire to learn HTML and CSS, and to build my first website from scratch, without any web authoring tools. As this is my initial attempt at a website - and one originally designed for a very limited, specific audience - there naturally will be some rough edges, and some disappointments. For these, I apologize.
However, I do encourage any critique and recommendations via Feedback.
WARNING - Only Real Fighter Pilots need click here.
1. My genealogist sister's repeated and withering requests for some written biographical account of my experiences, and;
2. My desire to learn HTML and CSS, and to build my first website from scratch, without any web authoring tools. As this is my initial attempt at a website - and one originally designed for a very limited, specific audience - there naturally will be some rough edges, and some disappointments. For these, I apologize.
However, I do encourage any critique and recommendations via Feedback.
WARNING - Only Real Fighter Pilots need click here.
* This was actor Fredrick March's famous line in the classic movie adaptation of James Michener's Korean War era drama, The Bridges at Toko-Ri upon learning one of the fighter pilots (played by William Holden) under his command had been shot down and then ...