Peggy Jean Rater Morrow
Peggy Jean Rater Morrow
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Bob Pardo, who has died aged 89, was an American pilot who devised an aerial manoeuvre during the Vietnam War that kept his wingman’s plane aloft until they could both reach friendly airspace; it was immortalised as “Pardo’s Push”.
In an extraordinary act of aerial ballet, he helped a fellow pilot whose plane had become compromised until they could be safely rescued.
Few stories are as spectacular as "Pardo's Push," named after Captain John Robert "Bob" Pardo's heroic actions during the Vietnam War.
A new statue depicts the heroic astronaut during his days as pilot at the Bryan Air Force Base.