Not mentioned in the story, the fire on the Forrestal also involved McCain, although blame for the fire fell to the flight crews.
Read the article.
At least you posted a reply related to McCain’s poor aircraft handling skill rather than rants about McCain’s career as a RINO which have been discussed on FR for years and which I concur with.
However, in response to the political posters on this thread:
I rarely if ever agree with Bill Kristol, but do agree with his estimate of Trump and the sad state of the GOP.
“There’s NO evidence that Trump is hurting the GOP at all – Bill Kristol
Posted by soopermexican on Jul 20, 2015”
http://therightscoop.com/theres-no-evidence-that-trump-is-hurting-the-gop-at-all-bill-kristol/
how so?
McCain has been listed as a “reverse ace” for a long time.
Post #9 helped me out
Actually, it is mentioned along with the possibility that the missile from another plane which hit McCain’s aircraft and started the fire was fired because McCain startled the other pilot with an intentional flame burst from his engine. Probably unlikely, but McCain had a history of hot dogging and bad luck (?) accidents that would have gotten anyone else but an admiral’s son sh/+canned. So accident or not the suspicion was predictable.
Actually it was covered in the story, along with the rumor that McCain may have triggered it with his misbehavior. (Though I think that unlikely, it would fit the overall portrayal of him.)