The real John McCain
https://theroperreportsite.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/the-real-john-mccain/
Because of this McCain got preferential treatment in the Navy. He was allowed to become a Navy pilot. But he was a terrible pilot.
McCain crashed two Navy Jets in his early career. Then while aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal, McCain got angry because he had to wait in line to take off on a bombing run.
He shut off his engines, opened the cockpit, and in his haste to exit the aircraft to chew someone out about his having to ” wait”, he hit the button that released his live bombs onto the deck of the Forrestal.
He took off running, as the bombs exploded, which set off a chain reaction of bombs from adjacent aircraft, and the ensuing explosions and fires killed 133 sailors aboard the Forrestal.
Please just stop with posting stuff like that about the Forrestal fire. It makes us look like idiots that we even give it credence.
There are plenty of real things to pin on McCain and the Forrestal fire is not one of them. Treating account as factual makes it easy for McCain’s allies to dismiss us.
Let’s stick with facts, there are plenty of those.
[He shut off his engines]
One of the last things I want to do is defend the scumbag McCain, so I won’t, but whoever wrote that isn’t very well informed if they think an A-4 Skyhawk has “engines”.
That did not happen.