Well, my salute to hubby for his service, and to you for supporting him through all those long deployments.
Just don't ask him about Cubi Point - you might get more than you bargained for!
“My, my, my... showing our age.”
Lol! Age ....and (hopefully)some wisdom!
He says, “Yep....back when aviators were AVIATORS and knew their planes and flew them to their maximum capacity!”
He also quipped, “the more the Navy *progressed* (indirect pun intended) the more it became a bit like government....and wanted more and more CONTROL of everything.”
And....I’ve pretty much heard all about the Philippines too! ;-D
Recently I saw a program about P2V Firebombers in Montana. I was surprised to see that the engine controls were “overhead” as in the old flying boats. I guess this must have been some sort of tradition at BuAer back in the day. Wondering if even the P-3s are still rigged that way?