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Pardo's Push — never leave your wingman.
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Pardo's Push — never leave your wingman.
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”.
US fighter pilot who performed a daring feat of aviation, later known as ‘Pardo’s Push’, to save his wingman during the Vietnam war
Vietnam War veteran Bob Pardo, who died at age 89, is remembered for using a daring maneuver, Pardo's Push, to save the lives of his wingmen during a bombing mission.
In an extraordinary act of aerial ballet, he helped a fellow pilot whose plane had become compromised until they could be safely rescued.