Naval Stories: First Flight with the Skipper
By Keith Kaniut I joined my first A-7 squadron, the “Golden Warriors” of Attack Squadron VA-87, the beginning of January...
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Naval Stories: “High Flight” – More than a poem
by Keith Kaniut
By Keith Kaniut “Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;…From the poem...
Naval Stories: Call the Ball – “Clara”
by Keith Kaniut
By Keith Kaniut While it’s true that all night landings are scary, some stand out. The memory of this particular...
Naval Stories: The Minneapolis Fort Snelling Bridge and a Family Legend
by Keith Kaniut
By Keith Kaniut This is one of many stories told by my dad many years after his father passed away...
Naval Stories: Just a bad limit switch
by Keith Kaniut
By Keith Kaniut The problem had to be an intermittent limit switch on the right main landing gear. The symptoms...
Naval Stories: A Long Way to the Indian Ocean…
by Keith Kaniut
By Keith Kaniut Typically in the 1980’s, a student Naval Aviator could earn his wings, learn to fly his assigned...