I’ve often wondered how many of his injuries he received when being shot down, were related to him not following proper procedure for the ejection.
He was notoriously known as a man who didn’t pay much attention during flight training.
His flight instructor labeled him a screw-off. He lost one of his flight aircraft when he overshot a runway and flew it into the water. McCain said he had engine failure. They hoisted the aircraft out of the drink, cleaned it up, and it started right off, no problem.
He couldn’t have even gotten into flight school with his Annapolis grade record.
Yep, he was a horrible pilot.
I am not sure that the distraction of the McCain funeral pomp is a bad thing right now. We will have some noise after the primary vote this week. We will have noise at the funeral service and burial. The appointment of the replacement will also make some noise. Bingo, we are then only seven weeks from election week and time for only one or two October surprise from either side.