Author Archives: Ed

Against All Odds – Killing MiGs in the Korean War with Naval Aviator Royce Williams (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot #32 On Nov. 18, 1952, Royce Williams became the top-scoring carrier-based naval aviator and the top-scoring naval aviator in a Navy jet of the Korean War. A signed print by prominent military aviation artist Stan Stokes displayed … Continue reading →

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Flight Into Remembered Sky

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot #31 Once at a dinner party I was asked by a woman what on earth I had ever seen in military life. I couldn’t answer her, of course. I couldn’t summon it all, the distant places, the … Continue reading →

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TAILHOOK…A Gift

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot # 30 The organization of carrier aviation – Tailhook – held its annual convention in Reno Nevada 9-11 Sept. As indicated above, this year’s focus was on the Vietnam war. The comments below – indeed the moving … Continue reading →

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Phantoms to WartHogs

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot # 29 ‘Dogfighting makes movies. Close air support wins wars,’ Colonel Steve Ladd (USAF, Ret) recently published From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog; Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot, and has graciously provided RememberedSky with a … Continue reading →

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Anthology – RememberedSky Vietnam Air War ’72-’73 Stories

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot # 28 “Those of us who came home will never forget those who could not ” Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association My return to Schoolboy from first combat mission, 28 April, 1972. … Continue reading →

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Of tin gods and STEEL MAGNOLIAS

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot #27 There are much safer and more bountiful ways to proceed successfully through life than jumping into a “tin” fast mover, looking for fun and adventure playing with the clouds or screaming down some riverbed at 100 … Continue reading →

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The Flying Circus Toy Shop: Recommendations

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Ed

The Flying Circus Hey Mom, when I grow up I wanna be a fighter pilot …………… Son, I’m sorry, but you can’t do both … of flight jackets, patches, aircraft pictures, models, books, watches, coffee mugs, ‘I luv me walls’ … Continue reading →

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Missmus Bismus #4: Epilogue

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot# 26 I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable. — Viktor Frankl All I claim to know is … Continue reading →

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Missmus Bismus #3: Shangri-La…found

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot# 25 The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow. Socrates The human race has only one effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain Shangri-La is a fictional place sought and wished for by … Continue reading →

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Missmus Bismus #2: The Ornaments

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Ed

Testimony of Pilot# 24 Missmus Bismus, Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas USS Midway in San Diego Harbor. Photo by Sandi Whitteker. Remembered Sky was introduced on September 15th of 2012 and the first post included the introductory piece of Ghosts Of Christmas Past written … Continue reading →