In the 1950s my dad, a USAF pilot and Korean War veteran, did a tour as a ferry pilot, flying (among others) single-engine fighter jets over the North Atlantic

In the 1950s my dad, a USAF pilot and Korean War veteran, did a tour as a ferry pilot, flying (among others) single-engine fighter jets over the North Atlantic ... in winter. He recounted that he and his squadron mates were naturally concerned about losing the engine, going in the water, and quickly freezing to death. They kicked around the idea of doing what legendary fighter pilot "Robbie" Risner had successfully done for his wingman in combat in Korea a few years earlier: Get behind and push [0]. During the Vietnam War, a variation on this idea became known as "Pardo's Push" [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robinson_Risner#Korean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robinson_Risner#Korean_W... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardo%27s_Push https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardo%27s_Push