-- CasidheMcClone - 01 Apr 2016

Didn't do much research, but I did clear some stuff up.

The name of the pilot who flies Yossarian's plane, and one of Yossarian's better friends throughout the novel, is McWatt? . Not unlike Zaharie Shah, McWatt? is something of a composed problem solver; Yossarian struggles to comprehend how McWatt? stays sane during the war. Again, like Zaharie Shah, McWatt? is portrayed as a skillful pilot. Yossarian prefers to fly with him, believing it to be safer- I don't remember if this is because of his skill or a belief Yossarian has in McWatt? 's luck. I need to reread that book.

Anyways, during a joke (buzzing a beach in his plane), McWatt? accidentally kills another character named Kid Sampson with the plane's propeller (why is it always the kid?). After realizing he killed Kid, McWatt? banks the plane and flies it into a mountain. As he does so, he says his often repeated catch phrase: "Oh well, what the hell?"

If Zaharie Shah treated a joke somberly, McWatt? treated a somber maneuver jokingly.

Half of what's above is from memory, so if I made a mistake, please point it out!

-Cas

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