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Several years later, as a test pilot for Grumman Aerospace flying out of Point Mugu, California, I found a more modern way to do this using a Sparrow missile and the no.6 F-14A Tomcat— at that time, the Navy’s fighter of the future. Over thirty-five years later, that day— June 20, 1973— remains sharp in my memory.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111109051148/http://www.commandposts.com/2011/06/the-guy-who-shot-himself-down%e2%80%94s-m-%e2%80%9cpete%e2%80%9d-purvis/"> [More...]</a></dd> <dd class="social-media"><div style="float:left;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111109051148/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="CommandPosts" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20111109051148/http://www.commandposts.com/2011/06/the-guy-who-shot-himself-down%e2%80%94s-m-%e2%80%9cpete%e2%80%9d-purvis/" data-text="Just read The Guy Who Shot Himself Down—S. 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