http://www.pnj.com/article/20140419/NEWS01/304190021
Good story with high praise for McWherter.
My guess is he had a ritual of praying before flights. But that is total and complete speculation. I do not know the man. I don’t think I know any Blue Angels.
I don’t know about praying. He was on staff when I went through Top Gun. Super good dude, really funny. Did an Elvis routine as part of a pick up band that the Top Gun staff had at the time.