Out of the Blue [May 02, 2003, 09:28 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
I've been watching the woman from the phone company through the window for the
last hour... since she knocked my DSL out in investigating phone difficulties.
I'd have complained, except she looks like she could break me in two over her
knee. Could be worse though... as she drove off, my connection hadn't yet
returned, and for a moment there I thought she had busted something.
I can't stop scratching my head over the sight of the president of the United States arriving at his destination of an aircraft carrier via a tail hook landing in a Navy jet. I realize it was favorable weather and I'm sure it was an extremely qualified pilot at the controls during this maneuver, which is conducted hundreds of times each day. It is, however, still the most dangerous landing an aviator can make, and I just can't get over the idea that they were willing to risk a crash landing for the increased impact of making his speech from a carrier...
I can't stop scratching my head over the sight of the president of the United States arriving at his destination of an aircraft carrier via a tail hook landing in a Navy jet. I realize it was favorable weather and I'm sure it was an extremely qualified pilot at the controls during this maneuver, which is conducted hundreds of times each day. It is, however, still the most dangerous landing an aviator can make, and I just can't get over the idea that they were willing to risk a crash landing for the increased impact of making his speech from a carrier...
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Have to say as someone who has actually been stationed on an aircraft carrier (2 and a half years on the USS George Washington) that these pilots know what they're doing. Crashes during take off and landing are almost non existant. The risk was probably no greater than letting him walk on a flight deck... a lot more injuries there...
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