[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

killed due to pilot error on her first carrier landing (it may have been her first night carrier landing).

Incorrect. Hultgreen flew Intruders, for which she was carrier qual'd, prior to F-14s, for which she was also carrier qual'd. She also was carrier qual'd at Pensacola while a student. She had a number of traps and she crashed in broad daylight on her final attempt.

Her gunner ejected safely.

The other crewmember was a RIO - Radar Intercept Officer, not a gunner. Hultgreen was actually the trigger puller on that bird and we know she didn't eject safely.

[wardaddy]

Thanks form the clarification but you know damn well she had 7 washouts in the F-14 landings prior to her first F-14 carrier attempt which took her life. More than enough to have canned a male flyer according to the Navy personnel who reported this and were fired for their efforts.