Actually we have a whole crop of "dogs" that are up & comers.
Bison virtually singlehandedly changed the way that I fly in the main.
His desire to work on wingman tactics, and teamwork. And his single minded devotion to seeing me make it home alive made a huge change for me.
As a result I flew 3 or 4 times as much last tour, and flew better. He's
still learning a few things but he's coming along very nicely. He still has some 6 months to go so keep an eye on this one.
Optiker is very very good in his F4u-1d, now he just needs to get OUT of the TA and into the main with it. A couple of tours could see him right up with the top sticks in the F4u.
Cowboy45 has the potential to be scary good. And he's super respectful also.
As a trainer I'm used to tossing "sir's" at people. Cowboy is constantly sending them back to me. No complaints, no whines, just fly hard and enjoy it seems to be his motto.
Olds695 is pushing the year mark, but he's made big progress this last tour.
His flying is good, he's been struggling with trying to improve his shooting.
But this is one to ride the river with guys.
Some others that I see regularly in the TA
Baumer I don't know anyone who works as hard at AH as he does. Because of his squad he tends to stay in the LW birds. But keep your eyes on this one anyway. Ohhh and he's nice people too.
WWM Could rule the roost in a few more tours. He's like trying to wrestle a greased snake, when you think you have him he slips out of your grasp and bites you in the behind.