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On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:12:02 -0800, waltconnelly wrote:
Believe me KG, this IS the edited, redacted, thoughtful post and we are BOTH wrong. Rich was an AVIATOR. Navy doesn't have PILOTS, they have AVIATORS. Or so I am told. Makes sense: on both salt and fresh water 'pilots' are the people who guide ships into and out of harbour and through tricky stretches of shallow water. So it makes sense that US naval plane drivers[*] are called 'aviators' to avoid confusing two rather different skill sets. I have no idea how other navies name their plane drivers. * I've used 'plane driver' as a short descriptive term for what the person controlling an aircraft does: this is not intended to be flippant or derogatory. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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