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McCain Mishaps

October 7th, 2008 by Bob Schwartz

I wrote extensively last month about John McCain’s less than stellar flying record in the Navy which included 2 non-combat related crashes and one near crash. The L.A. Times delves a bit deeper into a couple these mishaps and fills in some of the blanks as to the causes.
In 1960 he crashed into Corpus Christi [...]

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McCain The Flying Ace (Updated: Almost)

September 7th, 2008 by Bob Schwartz

Updated below with a clarification on one of the documented incidents.
I have been doing some research on John McCain’s time in the military, for the obvious reasons of course, but also because I am a fan of naval aviation having spent over 5 years serving on aircraft carriers.
Much of what I found is the standard [...]

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