Gear Up, Mishaps Down: The Evolution of Naval Aviation Safety, 1950-2000
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Gear Up, Mishaps Down: The Evolution of Naval Aviation Safety, 1950-2000

Gear Up, Mishaps Down: The Evolution of Naval Aviation Safety, 1950-2000

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Robert F. Dunn (Author)  

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Less than five years after Naval Aviation led the forces that defeated Imperial Japan that very organization was in serious trouble. The force had been drastically reduced and, despite the Korean War, growing sentiment supported by no less than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs argued that the new Air Force could do anything Naval Aviation might be required to do. Meanwhile, the Naval Aviation mishap rate soared. The very survival of Naval Aviation was at stake. It took fifty years to turn this around. Today, in spite of hot wars, cold wars, contingencies, and peacetime operations in support of friends and allies, the Navy and Marine Corps accident rate is at least as good as that of the Air Force, and it approaches that of commercial aviation. Gear Up, Mishaps Down explains that this accomplishment was achieved through dedicated and professional leadership, a focus on lessons learned from mishaps and near-mishaps, a willingness to learn from other enterprises, and by training, maintenance, supply and more.
Robert F. Dunn is a naval aviator who commanded a jet squadron in combat,the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and the Naval Safety Center. His last Navyassignment was as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare. Inretirement he served as Deputy Chairman of the NASA Aerospace AdvisoryPanel and Chairman of a GSA Blue Ribbon Panel to examine non-DODgovernment aircraft safety.
  • Contributor: Robert F. Dunn
  • Imprint: Naval Institute Press
  • ISBN13: 9781682470053
  • Number of Pages: 224
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 495
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Naval Institute Press
  • Release Date: 2017-01-30
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Robert F. Dunn is a naval aviator who commanded a jet squadron in combat,the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and the Naval Safety Center. His last Navyassignment was as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare. Inretirement he served as Deputy Chairman of the NASA Aerospace AdvisoryPanel and Chairman of a GSA Blue Ribbon Panel to examine non-DODgovernment aircraft safety.

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