Navy Fighter

Jerry and Cass have always been competitive. Now that Cass is a well respected Naval aviator like his father, Jerry leaves the submarine service to become a flying cadet with Class 61 at Pensacola. During training, Jerry meets and falls for Cass's fiancée Irene. After air sickness, jitters and a crash landing, Jerry gets his wings. Cass is not as lucky as he is crippled in a crash and must retire. Cass designs a new fighter for the Navy as Jerry pilots flying boats in San Diego. Jerry will do anything to show Cass that he is a better pilot, even if it means leaving the Navy to test the experimental fighter that killed test pilot Steve Conners.

“Neither honor nor glory rode that Hellcat down to the deck, just duty. Navy fighter pilot Lt. Bill Davis was about to bomb the last ship remaining from the attack on Pearl Harbor – and in so doing was about to write the greatest untold story of World War II.

This volume provides a chronicle of the aircraft which have served with the Navy, the Marines and the Coast Guard in 80 years-a period which opened with the Curtiss Pusher and comes up to date with thc Grumman F-14A Tomcat variable-geometry fighter. Between these two extremes can be traced, through the contents of this book, the evolution of the carrierbased fighter, the torpedo-bomber, the anti-submarine patrol aircraft and other types with which the Navy and Marine Corps havc fought in three wars, and, when the United States has not been actively engaged in hostilities, have helped to keep the pcacc in many parts of the world.

Jerry and Cass have always been competitive. Now that Cass is a well respected Naval aviator like his father, Jerry leaves the submarine service to become a flying cadet with Class 61 at Pensacola. During training, Jerry meets and falls for Cass's fiancée Irene. After air sickness, jitters and a crash landing, Jerry gets his wings. Cass is not as lucky as he is crippled in a crash and must retire. Cass designs a new fighter for the Navy as Jerry pilots flying boats in San Diego. Jerry will do anything to show Cass that he is a better pilot, even if it means leaving the Navy to test the experimental fighter that killed test pilot Steve Conners.