Once a Jock... Always a Jock! Recollections of the Flying Midshipmen

512 Pages·2015·3.54 MB·English

by  Rogers

Once a Jock…
Always a Jock!!

Recollections of the Flying Midshipmen

Three Hundred Stories by the First Postwar
Generation
of
Naval Aviators - 1945 to 1975

Compiled and Edited
By
Earl Rogers and Roy Mantz

Copyright and Acknowledgments

Notice: The stories and recollections of former Flying Midshipmen contained
herein have been reproduced as originally written with little or no editing. Obvious
misspellings have been corrected, but little else changed in order to keep the intent as
originally submitted and printed in the Flying Midshipmen Association biannual
newsletter, originally entitled, The Flying Midshipmen (also The Flying Midshipmen
Association) Newsletter and later changed to The Aviation Midshipmen LOG.

Copyright © 2014 USS Midway Museum

Acknowledgments
The editors wish to thank the following individuals, all former Flying Midshipmen,
for their help in preparing this document.
Lou Ives, Editor, The Brown Shoes Project, who has kindly given his permission to
use the title “Once a Jock…Always a Jock!!” Where indicated, certain individual stories
are attributed to and published by permission of The Brown Shoes Project –
http://www.thebrownshoes.org
Dave Hardin, Webmaster and custodian of important archived reference material
relating to this book.
Bill Busse, Editor, The Aviation Midshipmen LOG for the period 2004-2007,
designer of the front cover and the Flying Midshipmen logo.
Hank Stanley, Attorney who has advised us on copyright matters.

Dedication

To all of America’s youth who dream about flying.
Before the Flying Midshipmen Association was decommissioned in 2011, one of its
stated goals was to support the education of America’s teenagers by encouraging them to
seek careers in aviation. To that end, the Association partnered with the USS Midway
Museum in San Diego establishing the Flying Midshipmen Youth Aviation Training
Program, a unique opportunity for teenagers to enroll in an annual class designed to
prepare them for passing the written FAA Private Pilot knowledge test.
In compiling this book the editors had a clear objective in mind: 100% of the
proceeds from book sales will accrue to the Flying Midshipmen Endowment Fund created
exclusively to support the Youth Aviation Training Program in perpetuity aboard the USS
Midway Museum.

Table of Contents
Copyright and Acknowledgments
Dedication
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 Living with the Holloway Program
Chapter 2 The Postwar Youngsters Who Wanted to Fly
Chapter 3 The V-5/NACP (Holloway Plan)
Chapter 4 Selective Flight Training
Chapter 5 Pre-Flight School
Chapter 6 Basic Flight Training in the SNJ
Chapter 7 Advanced Flight Training
Chapter 8 Carrier Qualifications
Chapter 9 Flying Midshipmen in the Fleet
Chapter 10 The Korean War
Chapter 11 Midshipman Jesse Brown, First Black Naval Aviator
Chapter 12 The Cold War and Other Stories of the Period
Chapter 13 AJ-2 Savage Stories
Chapter 14 The Vietnam War
Chapter 15 Unsung Heroes–Our Multi-Engine Brethren
Chapter 16 Flying Boat Jocks
Chapter 17 Helicopter Jocks
Chapter 18 Midshipmen Marines
Chapter 19 Weekend Warriors
Chapter 20 Poems by Bob Brennan and Gene Millway
Chapter 21 Miscellaneous Stories
Chapter 22 Special Messages
List of Stories and Authors