Comments on: Last call

By: Caroline Ault

Caroline Ault — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:59:12 +0000

My oldest brother, Casey, Frank’s grandson, a 4th generation naval aviator, is stationed out of whidbey. He has had to insistently tell people ‘no relation’.

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:17:57 +0000

Concur on Boyd,Slug.

Now, with respect to Captain Ault, uh, please don’t hurt me, Lex, but I sure reckoned somebody else with more authority than I would have said it sooner, but…

Fighter pilots make movies, attack pilots make history. (runs away, ducking bobbing and weaving.);-)

By: ChiefT

ChiefT — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:10:24 +0000

I had the same thought about NAS Whidbey’s field but it was named for another Ault:

http://www.naswi.navy.mil/pao/history.htm

By: MM2 Slug (Roland Johnson)

MM2 Slug (Roland Johnson) — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:35:18 +0000

All fighter pilots owe a debt to Gengis John Boyd, an Air Force type for Petes sake, for his ideas on the Thermodynamics of aerial combat (ACM) and the decision cycle.

Navy power also owes thoughts on Admiral James Russel who flew PBY’s in Alaska during WW2 and was on the Bomb staff immediately after the war. Both were fine gentlemen.

Every day we lose more of the Greatest Generation, they are almost all gone now.

I feel the need for a Wake to celebrate their having been here long enough to get to know.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:06:39 +0000

Any relation in his family to Ault Field in Whidbey? It is an unusual name, seems like there may be a connection.

Dave

By: sid

sid — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:30:36 +0000

Sorry, small correction: He took command after the Coral Maru’s first Vietnam deployment and took her on her second one….

He always struck me as one of the last “old school” naval aviators…like the pre-war guys D.V. Gallery and the like.