We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/god_speed_cdr_m.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Hamilton “Mac” McWhorter; former Navy commander had an early love of flying Hamilton “Mac” McWhorter was 7 years old when a barnstorming pilot visited his hometown and he took his first ride in an airplane. From that moment, he knew he never wanted to do anything else. The future Navy commander was a naval aviation cadet undergoing training when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Within a couple of years he had become the first American pilot to achieve “Ace” status flying a new airplane, the Hellcat. CDR McWhorter's memoir is entitled "The First Hellcat Ace" His son Jon has put... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/god_speed_cdr_m.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/god_speed_cdr_m.html Tue, 06 May 2008 00:03:39 -0600