Rumsfeld and flying

I have heard Rumsfeld (yes, that guy) was a Navy pilot. What did he fly and
when was it?
Thanks

On 05 Mar 2004 22:58:52 GMT, (Rojo2G) wrote:

I have heard Rumsfeld (yes, that guy) was a Navy pilot. What did he fly and
when was it?
Thanks

Why is Google so difficult?

http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/rumsfeld.html
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/donald-rumsfeld/
http://www.ustdrc.gov/members/rumsfeld.html


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8

Ed Rasimus

Why is Google so difficult?

You mentioned him in "When Thunder Rolled."


AUTOCOLLIMATOR


The silence is defeaning.

In article , Ed Rasimus
wrote:

On 05 Mar 2004 22:58:52 GMT, (Rojo2G) wrote:

I have heard Rumsfeld (yes, that guy) was a Navy pilot. What did he fly and
when was it?
Thanks

Why is Google so difficult?

http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/rumsfeld.html
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/donald-rumsfeld/
http://www.ustdrc.gov/members/rumsfeld.html


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8


And indeed that answers that he was a Naval Aviator and when. To answer
the second part he flew S2F Trackers aka Stoofs.
Pugs

Ed Rasimus wrote:

On 05 Mar 2004 22:58:52 GMT, (Rojo2G) wrote:

I have heard Rumsfeld (yes, that guy) was a Navy pilot. What did he fly and
when was it?
Thanks

Why is Google so difficult?

http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/rumsfeld.html
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/donald-rumsfeld/
http://www.ustdrc.gov/members/rumsfeld.html

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8

None of which say what he flew. Fortunately, googling the NGs is more useful:

From: Yofuri )
Subject: Sec. Rumsfeld - a Navy pilot?
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military.naval
Date: 2003-04-12 10:30:13 PST


S2F Stoofs

"dano" wrote in message
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http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/rumsfeld.html

Someone pointed out that Sec. Rumsfeld served 3 years as a Navy pilot. I
searched for a good 10 minutes (a week in internet years) and could not find
out what aircraft he flew.

Anyone have better search skills than me or otherwise know?

He served AD from 54-57.

Dano

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:17:09 GMT, Mike Marron
wrote:

Ed Rasimus

Why is Google so difficult?

You mentioned him in "When Thunder Rolled."


AUTOCOLLIMATOR


The silence is defeaning.

Give it a rest.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8

"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:17:09 GMT, Mike Marron
wrote:

Ed Rasimus

Why is Google so difficult?

You mentioned him in "When Thunder Rolled."

AUTOCOLLIMATOR

The silence is defeaning.

Give it a rest.

Man from Glad, man from Glad, in flight emergency ...

No kidding? I dont picture Rummy as an ASW type. Must not have liked it if he
was only on the job for three years. To each his own, I guess.

v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos to a
reputable museum, don't take them with you when you're gone.

"Krztalizer" wrote in message
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No kidding? I dont picture Rummy as an ASW type. Must not have liked it if
he
was only on the job for three years. To each his own, I guess.

I think I read somewhere that he was an IP. Maybe the reason he checked out
after so short a period of time was that he felt that he had used up all of his
luck teaching the dummies to fly that bird. Anybody ever think to ask him?

George Z.

I think I read somewhere that he was an IP. Maybe the reason he checked out
after so short a period of time was that he felt that he had used up all of
his
luck teaching the dummies to fly that bird. Anybody ever think to ask him?

From the guys ahead of me in VS-31, the Stoof was pretty docile in comparison
to most carrier borne a/c.

/sea story mode/on

Now, this is no ****. (cof) My first skipper was tripped up by old habit on
his first Viking cruise - got a soft cat and immediately reached up to slap the
throttles (in the S-2, they are over your head, in the S-3, they're down
between the seats) and sent out the refueling prode instead. Once they got
over the soft cat, everyone pretty much died laughing at his little faux pas.

I would imagine to anyone that ever dreamed of Wings of Gold®, assignment to a
Stoof RAG, flying uncounted patterns with youngsters struggling through FAM-3
flights, it might be an easier to walk away than if Rumsfeld's career had led
him elsewhere.

v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos to a
reputable museum, don't take them with you when you're gone.