Yes, it absolutely should be ruled with an iron-fist as you say. Not a place to jack around.
Just got done seeing an old high school friend. He flew P-3’s and retired as Lt. Commander. Told me he always flew and landed on land (don’t know what else he flew, if anything). I asked when he was gonna go back and hunt NK subs. ;)
He did straighten me out - his 67 Cougar had a 390, not a 428 as I remembered. Guess it was just another guy with a 428 Mustang (Fastback like mine) that I knew that had that engine. Never realized how much I would miss those days.
You know, one of the good things I have found about getting older is the past looks much better...
Well, it was pretty good going through it, too...:)
And I’m not done yet!