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Tag Archives: bravado
Life After Death
We are all going to die sometime. I remember a lieutenant commander in the ready room mentioning something about dying “young and leaving a good-looking corpse.” There is a lot of bravado in ready rooms throughout the fleet, in alert … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged bravado, courage, discipline, flight training, immediate action responses, incapacitation, Life After Death, Life after Life by Dr. Raymond A. Moody, staring at death, the ready room, When should I call 911?, when to declare an emergency
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We’re All In This Together
And, according to some of my old Navy pilot buddies, “None of us are getting out alive!” If there were a group of humans who possess an almost morbidly comedic viewpoint of death, it would be Navy carrier pilots. Only … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged all in fun, bravado, cats, deadly serious business, emergency tanker pilot, far out at sea, flying, getting out alive, Marines, military service, morbidly comedic viewpoint of death, moxie, naval aviators, Navy, Navy carrier pilots, old Navy pilot buddies, pilots, pre-destiny, professional pilots, We’re All In This Together, “checking out”
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