Before Topgun Days: The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor
By Dave Baranek
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By Dave Baranek
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Becoming the best doesn’t happen overnight; you’ve got to work for it.
Before becoming an instructor in the Navy’s Topgun program, Dave Bio” Baranek was just another kid with a dream. Upon graduating from college, he joined the Navy with the goal of becoming a fighter pilot. But, his eyesight waning, he knew that he would never be able to reach that goal. Undaunted, he plowed ahead and found his niche as a radar intercept operator in the backseat of the sleek, new Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
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Before becoming an instructor in the Navy’s Topgun program, Dave Bio” Baranek was just another kid with a dream. Upon graduating from college, he joined the Navy with the goal of becoming a fighter pilot. But, his eyesight waning, he knew that he would never be able to reach that goal. Undaunted, he plowed ahead and found his niche as a radar intercept operator in the backseat of the sleek, new Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
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