"Scott Seders" wrote in news:F-
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How did the tradition start of naval aviators wearing brown shoes?

Thanks,
Scott Seders




The first 6 Navy flyers got tired of being gigged for dust on thier
black shoes, while learning to fly..


The Brown Shoes: Personal Histories Of Flying Midshipmen And Other Naval
Aviators Of The Korean War Era
By Patricia B. Francis, Burdett L. Ives
Published by Turner Publishing Company, 2003
ISBN 1563118580, 9781563118586

Page 7 ( The history of the brown shoes William L. Estes )

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