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McCain's selective memory & prone to mishaps
Posted by:
righton
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Date: October 07, 2008 02:41AM
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081006134935.s46794z1&show_article=1
US presidential hopeful John McCain was prone to mistakes during his time as a Navy pilot, and if today's standards were applied, his career may have ended in a hard landing, according to a report Monday by The Los Angeles Times.
The newspaper said that when McCain was training in his AD-6 Skyraider in Texas in 1960, he slammed into Corpus Christi Bay and sheared the skin off his plane's wings.
In his autobiography, McCain said the crash had occurred because "the engine quit," but an investigation board at the Naval Aviation Safety Center found no evidence of engine failure, the report said.
Instead investigators concluded that the 23-year-old junior lieutenant was not paying attention and erred in using "a power setting too low to maintain level flight in a turn."
The crash was one of three early in McCain's aviation career in which his flying skills and judgment were faulted or questioned by Navy officials, The Times said.
In another incident, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over southern Spain about December 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a blackout in the area, the paper noted.
In 1965, McCain crashed a T-2 trainer jet in Virginia, and after he was sent to Vietnam, his plane was destroyed in an explosion on the deck of an aircraft carrier in 1967, the report said.
Three months later, he was shot down during a bombing mission over Hanoi and taken prisoner.
The Times said it had interviewed men who served with McCain and located the 1960s-era accident reports and professional evaluations.
"This examination of his record revealed a pilot who early in his career was cocky, occasionally cavalier and prone to testing limits," the paper concluded.
It reminded that in today's military, a lapse in judgment that causes a crash can end a pilot's career.
US presidential hopeful John McCain was prone to mistakes during his time as a Navy pilot, and if today's standards were applied, his career may have ended in a hard landing, according to a report Monday by The Los Angeles Times.
The newspaper said that when McCain was training in his AD-6 Skyraider in Texas in 1960, he slammed into Corpus Christi Bay and sheared the skin off his plane's wings.
In his autobiography, McCain said the crash had occurred because "the engine quit," but an investigation board at the Naval Aviation Safety Center found no evidence of engine failure, the report said.
Instead investigators concluded that the 23-year-old junior lieutenant was not paying attention and erred in using "a power setting too low to maintain level flight in a turn."
The crash was one of three early in McCain's aviation career in which his flying skills and judgment were faulted or questioned by Navy officials, The Times said.
In another incident, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over southern Spain about December 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a blackout in the area, the paper noted.
In 1965, McCain crashed a T-2 trainer jet in Virginia, and after he was sent to Vietnam, his plane was destroyed in an explosion on the deck of an aircraft carrier in 1967, the report said.
Three months later, he was shot down during a bombing mission over Hanoi and taken prisoner.
The Times said it had interviewed men who served with McCain and located the 1960s-era accident reports and professional evaluations.
"This examination of his record revealed a pilot who early in his career was cocky, occasionally cavalier and prone to testing limits," the paper concluded.
It reminded that in today's military, a lapse in judgment that causes a crash can end a pilot's career.
Re: McCain's selective memory & prone to mishaps
Posted by:
Bob
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Date: October 07, 2008 03:01AM
Didn't he also try to hotshot on the USS Forrestal?
As I understand it, McCain tried to hot start his plane, and accidentally fired off a missile that blew up another airplane on the flight deck.
He killed like 22 seamen, and the aircraft carrier needed to return to Pearl Harbor for repairs.
But his daddy was the CINCPAC commander, so he never had to answer for his actions.
I mean, to be fair, he didn't do it on purpose, he was just trying to show off and start his plane up and taxi on his own, without the on-deck tractors. Who can blame a guy who wants to prove he can drive his own plane onto the flight deck?
Then again, he also got shot down. And captured.
I saw the movie "Bat 21". Why couldn't Iceal Hambleton just get caught? He must be some sort of America hater for escaping NVA captivity.
As I understand it, McCain tried to hot start his plane, and accidentally fired off a missile that blew up another airplane on the flight deck.
He killed like 22 seamen, and the aircraft carrier needed to return to Pearl Harbor for repairs.
But his daddy was the CINCPAC commander, so he never had to answer for his actions.
I mean, to be fair, he didn't do it on purpose, he was just trying to show off and start his plane up and taxi on his own, without the on-deck tractors. Who can blame a guy who wants to prove he can drive his own plane onto the flight deck?
Then again, he also got shot down. And captured.
I saw the movie "Bat 21". Why couldn't Iceal Hambleton just get caught? He must be some sort of America hater for escaping NVA captivity.
Re: McCain's selective memory & prone to mishaps
Posted by:
Vince(1)
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Date: October 07, 2008 09:06AM
McSame wouldve never made it in today's military...unless of course his daddy stepped in
Re: McCain's selective memory & prone to mishaps
Posted by:
496
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Date: October 07, 2008 11:50AM
Vince, neither would you. Don't ask, don't tell right?
Re: McCain's selective memory & prone to mishaps
Posted by:
TheMeeper
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Date: October 08, 2008 06:41PM
LOL
He's having flashbacks!!!
He's having flashbacks!!!