Classic brownshoes in action comix: "the kind real aviators like" - Brief Article

Approach, August, 2002

His gloved hand has squeezed off 20mm with ease and also attempted to squeeze black out of the stick at three-fourths NM at night. He's seen everything from cocked nose gear to some incredible DPs in Bit 7. He knows it all: pulling G's, breathing 100 percent oxygen. (NEPIC), holters ...

Dangerboy walks a bit late due to a heated discussion with the AMO regarding additional TAD requirements to AIMD. No big deal, he's done this a million times ...

Sure, recent films and books have captured the mood that surrounds naval aviation, but those closely associated with that way of life know that the public received only a small glempse of the total "action" package. Take Lt. Lance "Dangerboy" Jones, for example:

Same brief, different day. Every nuance of this business becomes second nature allowing the aviator to free up his mind and deal with other pressing issues...