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Hangar Tales

Stories That Just May Be Beyond Belief

Aviators always precede an actual tale with “True Story”. As CDR F. J. Wight once put it: a story most likely to have occurred without too much embellishing in the telling. It can be an imaginative narrative of a search and rescue story or just a humorous look at the day in the life of a Coast Guard Aviator.

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The Legend Of The Miami Air Station Mongoose

by [Sy Schiffman, ADC(Ret), USCG]

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An Amazing Christmas Story

by [Pteros Al Allison, Aviator 885, and Roger Schmidt, P-2729, a Member of the Flight Crew]

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Mid Air Repairs

by [Rick Brenden]

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Desert Storm

by [Terk Williams]

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Who can’t find an aircraft carrier?

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Requesting Emergency Flight Status

by [Larry L French, AT2 (1966-1970)]

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Search and Rescue 1960’s

by [Ray Copin, CG Aviator 744]

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DC-3 Ditching Northeast of Hilo

by [Art Ladley CAPT USCG (Ret) CG Aviator 724]

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My First and Last Solo

by [Marty Lindahl]

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Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

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The Great Philly Bail Out

by [Cathy Sivils]

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CGAD Sangley Point

by [Marty Kaiser]

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Malcolm Smith and the Rental Car

by [Malcolm Smith]

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How Paul Lamb Got Hooked on Coast Guard Aviation.

by [Paul Lamb, Ptero #759]

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Fun and Games at Miami Air

by [Ptero Steve Goldhammer, Aviator 1207]

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A Ptero Ptale

by [Jack Weber, Coast Guard Aviator 139]

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A Helo Tale

by [CAPT Art Ladley, CGAV #724]

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Parachutist Wings

by [Gilbert E. “Gib” Brown, Jr. Commander, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired) Web]

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Annette Air Station: Penal Colony or Paradise?

by [Cdr John R. Butler USCG (Ret)]

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WW II Attack on Port Angeles, Washington

by [Barrett Thomas Beard]

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Scared Out Of My . . . Wits?

by [CDR John R. Butler USCG (Ret) July 26, 1968]

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Pelican Tales: The Last of the Coast Guard’s Amphibious Aircraft

by [Captain Peter Pringle, USCG (Retired)]

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I Learned To Fly the Helicopter

by [LTJG Sam A. Constantino, USCG July 1944]

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Rescue of Cuban Refugees on the Olo Yumi

by [LCDR Paul Ibsen AvNumber 1493]

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Vermillion Dam, Ohio SAR Case Summary

by [CAPT Robert B. Workman AvNumber 914]

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T’was a Dark and Stormy Night

by [CDR F. J. Wright, AvNum 1312]

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PBM Training at NAS Corpus Christi in the 1950s

by [CAPTAIN Carlton W. Swickley. AvNumber 725]

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A “Cut” on the Cap

by [CAPTAIN Carlton W. Swickley Av Number 725]

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First Flight of the International Ice Patrol

by [N. W. MUENCH, CAPTAIN, USCGR USCG AVIATOR #192]

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Retracing the Flight of NC-4

by [N.W. Muench, Captain, USCGR USCG AVIATOR #192]

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Road to Mandalay

by [Bernie Hoyland]

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