One of the most basic tenets of journalism is that we're all either the beneficiaries or the victims of our sources. The problem, of course, is learning to differentiate between the two. My friend Tom Watson was a wonderful source. Virtually anything he said you could take to the hangar. Tom had done it all—flown everything, from open-cockpit biplanes to DC-2s (yes, DC-2s) before the war, piloted P-38s and P-47s in Europe during World War II, flight-tested jets and finally retired after the war flying Connies.
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