Winston "Pardo's Push" Driver Cover
Headcover is made from American Leather, featuring a 360* digital print of one of the most heroic maneuvers in aviation history, embroidered "Pardo's Push", and a small American Dunes Fighter Patch logo. Available for Driver. Winston Collection Headcovers are proudly Made in the USA. Pardo's Push was an aviation maneuver carried out by then-Captain (Lt Col USAF Ret) John R. "Bob" Pardo, USAF in order to move his wingman's badly damaged F-4 Phantom II to friendly air space during the Vietnam War. "On March 10, 1967, the sky was clear for a bombing run, but both F-4 Phantom IIs were hit by anti-aircraft fire. Aman's plane took the worst damage; his fuel tank had been hit, and he quickly lost most of his fuel. Aman and Houghton then determined that they did not have enough fuel to make it to a KC-135 tanker aircraft over Laos. To avoid having Aman and Houghton bail out over hostile territory, Pardo decided to try pushing the airplane. Pardo first tried pushing the plane using Aman's dra