Refusing to Settle
A young student naval aviator, in the summer of 1971 I received orders to NAS Beeville, Texas, for advanced training in the Grumman TF-9J Cougar, an underpowered Korean War era swept-wing fighter. My instructor pilot (IP), a U.S. Marine captain, was all business. We got airborne, but it was eerie to...
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