The Breaks of Naval Air  
The Further Adventures of Youthly Pursesome
Author(s): Jack D. Woodul
Published by Youthly
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ISBN: 9781612003191
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This book is a collection of mostly light hearted stories about tactical Naval Aviation off aircraft carriers in the 1960’s and 1970’s. It is not a history, per se, nor is it like one of the many fine, factual, first person accounts of by other Naval Aviators. The author’s impulse was to capture a snapshot of that culture and experience through both oral tradition—stories told by aviators that were too good to be lost; and his own experience. Thus was born Youthly Puresome and his passage through the various Breaks of Naval Air. Depicting the experiences of a typically irreverent young Naval Aviator, these stories stir memories of similar experiences in all who have flown Navy jet aircraft from the decks of aircraft carriers or from bases ashore. While the hardware may be different, these tales should resonate with other services, and the characters and life its ownself be familiar with those that know and love them.

Beginning in the Fall 1991 issue of The Tailhook Association’s quarterly publication, The Hook magazine, until Fall 2011, a series of these stories were published under the title: “The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome.” Youthly is the alter ego of Jack Woodul, a native of New Mexico who went through the Navy’s Training Command in the early ’60s and earned his Naval Aviator’s wings. He flew the A-4 Skyhawk in Vietnam, and after leaving active duty continued to fly F-8 Crusaders and F-4 Phantoms with the NAS Dallas Reserves. When not bagging flight time in gray jets, he was an airline pilot in “real life.” Now retired, he continues to fly and write about light airplanes and ranch life.

“The Further Adventure of Youthly Puresome” series led to an Outstanding Sea Story award by Fighter Squadron 201 in 1988; the 1994 Hook Magazine Contributor of the Year award; and a 1998 Tailhook Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
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This book is a collection of mostly light hearted stories about tactical Naval Aviation off aircraft carriers in the 1960’s and 1970’s. It is not a history, per se, nor is it like one of the many fine, factual, first person accounts of by other Naval Aviators. The author’s impulse was to capture a snapshot of that culture and experience through both oral tradition—stories told by aviators that were too good to be lost; and his own experience. Thus was born Youthly Puresome and his passage through the various Breaks of Naval Air. Depicting the experiences of a typically irreverent young Naval Aviator, these stories stir memories of similar experiences in all who have flown Navy jet aircraft from the decks of aircraft carriers or from bases ashore. While the hardware may be different, these tales should resonate with other services, and the characters and life its ownself be familiar with those that know and love them.

Beginning in the Fall 1991 issue of The Tailhook Association’s quarterly publication, The Hook magazine, until Fall 2011, a series of these stories were published under the title: “The Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome.” Youthly is the alter ego of Jack Woodul, a native of New Mexico who went through the Navy’s Training Command in the early ’60s and earned his Naval Aviator’s wings. He flew the A-4 Skyhawk in Vietnam, and after leaving active duty continued to fly F-8 Crusaders and F-4 Phantoms with the NAS Dallas Reserves. When not bagging flight time in gray jets, he was an airline pilot in “real life.” Now retired, he continues to fly and write about light airplanes and ranch life.

“The Further Adventure of Youthly Puresome” series led to an Outstanding Sea Story award by Fighter Squadron 201 in 1988; the 1994 Hook Magazine Contributor of the Year award; and a 1998 Tailhook Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Welcome, Chaps!
  • Foreword
  • Training Command
  • 1. Preflightus Maximus
  • 2. A Bullet Tale
  • 3. The Sound of Round Motors
  • 4. The Order of the Cherry
  • 5. First Blood
  • 6. Chugalug Champion of Chase Field
  • 7. Kowabunga
  • 8. Cheating Grandpa Pettibone
  • 9. Stalag Luft Brunswick
  • A-4 Skyhawks
  • 1. Scooter Days at Yuma
  • 2. The Night Thing
  • 3. Buffalo Bill
  • 4. Reluctant Shellbacks
  • 5. The Great Cubi Shootout
  • 6. Last Night Ashore in Olongopo
  • 7. The Great Earlobe Episode
  • 8. The Rocket’s Red Glare
  • 9. The Drop Tanks of Doom
  • 10. The Tip of the Spear
  • 11. Ready Room-O-Rama: The Trials of Captain Zoderly
  • 12. Blood Brothers
  • 13. Way Up North
  • 14. Dead Sojers
  • 15. The Shrill of the Bagpipes, The Roll of the Drums
  • 16. A Near Thing
  • 17. Flarelight
  • 18. Happy Trails to You
  • 19. Seagull-O-Rama
  • 20. Of Teeny, Tiny Tinker Tankers
  • 21. Crubfoot Active
  • 22. The Bagging Game
  • 23. Viva Espana
  • 24. The Great Firepower Frabbup
  • 25. Alpha-20-Romeo
  • 26. High Country
  • 27. Bouncing the Spider
  • 28. The Hosing of Rocket Blockhead (From Other Aviation Stuff)
  • 29. Hosing Santini (From Other Aviation Stuff)
  • F-8 Crusader
  • 1. A Different Country
  • 2. Jolly, Jolly Good
  • 3. The Biggest Man in the World
  • 4. The Whoostling of Jim Willy
  • 5. The Long Green Table
  • 6. Crusader Days at Yuma
  • 7. Dirtball
  • 8. The Long Green Table (Almost)
  • 9. Cross Country-O-Rama
  • 10. Youthly’s Spinex
  • 11. Doggus Delecti
  • 12. Four Corners
  • 13. Dances with Womens
  • 14. Riding with the Ordies
  • 15. The Wreck of the Hairball
  • 16. The Great Goatsby
  • 17. Arrrrr!
  • 18. Strangers in a Strange Land
  • 19. Sounds Like a Personal Problem
  • 20. Wheels (From Airlines)
  • 21. I’ve Got it, God (From Other Aviation Stuff)
  • 22. The Great Whiz-O-Rama (From Other Aviation Stuff)
  • 23. Bringing Home Yankee Pop (From Other Aviation Stuff)
  • 24. Keeper of the Flame
  • Epilogue
  • 1. Rocket in the Rain (From Airlines)
  • Glossary
  • About the Author
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