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Originally Posted by Chas H
Bush's highest rank was 1st Lt which analogous to being a PFC. Other than learning the basics of flying, Bush was just another trooper that was expected to make up his bunk correctly.
Bush received a letter from his commanding officer taking him off flight status because he did not show up for his physical. It had nothing to do with anything else. Bush pissed away a very expensive flight training. Now why did Bush not take his physical? ... Bush's loss of flying status should have spurred probe - The Boston Globe ... "Two retired National Guard generals, in interviews yesterday, said they were surprised that Bush -- or any military pilot -- would forgo a required annual flight physical and take no apparent steps to rectify the problem and return to flying. "There is no excuse for that. Aviators just don't miss their flight physicals," said Major General Paul A. Weaver Jr., who retired in 2002 as the Pentagon's director of the Air National Guard, in an interview."
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The answer just might be in Post #56...
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Originally Posted by LarryBible
...Ironically, he ended up flying the F102 which was a death trap. He was lucky to survive so many hours in that plane. It took a toll on him as it did most everyone who flew it. Statistically, he might have been safer in Viet Nam. ... facts.
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#43 apparently wasn't as dumb as the lefties seem to think he was/is...
"Miss the piss, the wings get clipped."
Result: Don't need to strap up in the F102, live to see the future.
Now, the reason (possible) for no investigation? The Generals would have had to admit the plane sucked in the "surviability" category. One pilot, getting his wings clipped, beats having to 5h!t-can/ground a whole squadron worth of planes.
Where's the downside/indignation in that? You're not putting a POS airplane in the air to eventually come in for a "non-walkaway" landing...maybe in some dog-forsaken area of Texas where tumbleweeds roam freely...or worse yet, in some kids' backyard, in some suburban section of a Texas town.
At least, #43 maybe didn't want to smoke others (including himself) and possibly put his unit/base in harm's way. Who knows? At least he didn't put in for Purple Hearts due to "dried eyeballs" or "puke splatter" or whatever a pilot could "pu55y out" on and leave his unit behind...he left quietly and with the tacit approval of his superiors.