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Maybe Tim Dickinson’s on McCain the make-believe maverick emboldened the LA Times to examine Senator Flyboy’s as an aviator.McCain crashed five times during his years in the Navy. One time a missile hit his fuel tank, setting off a chain of events that caused one of the most lethal fires at sea in the history of the navy. That wasn’t McCain’s fault. Of course, it wasn’t his fault that he got shot down over Vietnam.&nbsp;However there were three other crashes where the Navy officially questioned McCain’s skills and judgment as a pilot:The crash was one of three early in McCain’s aviation career in which his flying skills and judgment were faulted or questioned by Navy officials.In his most serious lapse, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over southern Spain about December 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a blackout, according to McCain’s own account as well as those of naval officers and enlistees aboard the carrier Intrepid. In another incident, in 1965, McCain crashed a T-2 trainer jet in Virginia. [LAT]By McCain’s own admission, he was more interested in chasing women and drinking than in achieving excellence in the cockpit. An ordinary airman might have lost his wings after the first crash, but McCain was the son and grandson of admirals. He was untouchable and he knew it.Shadowproof is a financially independent news organization. All of our funding comes from small donations made by readers like you.We use your donations to hire freelance writers and cover our operating costs. Monthly membership subscriptions give us the stability we need to make plans while ensuring our organization does not depend on grants or major funders. If you like what you read, support our writers with a donation today.&nbsp;

Maybe Tim Dickinson’s on McCain the make-believe maverick emboldened the LA Times to examine Senator Flyboy’s as an aviator.McCain crashed five times during his years in the Navy. One time a missile hit his fuel tank, setting off a chain of events that caused one of the most lethal fires at sea in the history of the navy. That wasn’t McCain’s fault. Of course, it wasn’t his fault that he got shot down over Vietnam.&nbsp;However there were three other crashes where the Navy officially questioned McCain’s skills and judgment as a pilot:The crash was one of three early in McCain’s aviation...

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