Odd and Mildly Depressing Article

[jmcquate]

I found this article in this month's Air & Space odd and mildly depressing.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/Above-Beyond-The-Man-My-Mother-Fell-in-Love-With.html

 

[brownshoe]

I found this article in this month's Air & Space odd and mildly depressing.

I thought it very well written and heartfelt. I really enjoyed reading this article. Thanks so much for posting the link.

Steve

 

[Catmando]

I found this article in this month's Air & Space odd and mildly depressing.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/Above-Beyond-The-Man-My-Mother-Fell-in-Love-With.html

Agree.

At first I didn't recognize him. Then a closer look told me it was the same Gil Hooker I knew in the F-4 RAG. I think we also crossed paths earlier somewhere in the Training Command. It's probably been 40 years since I knew him, but some good memories of him are coming back.

 

[rondebmar]

No depression in P'cola this last weekend at the Museum...NavCad/MarCad Class 14-61 held reunion #1...fifty years!!

Bob, Larry, Al, Gary, John, yours truly...only Al, Gary, & I flew professionally...

Al (white shirt) a Viggie pilot...shot down late in the war, POW, lost his back seater...

Gary (on walker) flew Scooters in 'Nam, made O-6 in USNR, Flight Manager for TWA...

I'm in flight jacket, details in profile...

 

[brownshoe]

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No depression in P'cola this last weekend at the Museum...NavCad/MarCad Class 14-61 held reunion #1...fifty years!!

Bob, Larry, Al, Gary, John, yours truly...only Al, Gary, & I flew professionally...

Al (white shirt) a Viggie pilot...shot down late in the war, POW, lost his back seater...

Gary (on walker) flew Scooters in 'Nam, made O-6 in USNR, Flight Manager for TWA...

I'm in flight jacket, details in profile...

Great photo, Ron! You're the ugly one, right? (Thanks for the phone call this morning, good to hear about the trip first hand.)

Steve

 

[Mr. Blonde]

I like Gary already, nice jacket he's wearing.

 

[MasterBates]

Banty, your jacket still fits.. I have a feeling at my 50 year OCS reunion.. (40 years away) it may be a bit .. Snug.

 

[IRfly]

How does the saying go? You can love the Navy all you want, but it will never love you back. Sooner or later we all get our walking papers. One of the first things my skipper told me when I got to the squadron was to make sure I was ready for that day.