"Mike Hunt" postmaster@localhost wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Matt Whiting writes:


I also like the one about the young student flying with the old crusty WW
II veteran instructor. It was the students first flight into a busy
field and the pattern was packed with airplanes. The student was getting
pretty nervous and agitated and asked the instructor if this wasn't
dangerous with all these airplanes so close by. The instructor looked
all around, up and down and slowly said, "Don't worry, son, they aren't
shooting at us."

I guess stress is all relative.


I've read that nighttime carrier landings are actually more stressful
than
being shot at.


Especially if you are a lawyer as well as an aviator and you have night
vision problems.

It is truly said in the Naval fighter community, that there are 3 things
that comprise the ultimate in a physical sensation a Naval aviator can
experience in life; a good landing, an orgasm, and a good ****. A night
landing on a carrier is the one event that allows you to experience all
three at the same time.
Dudley Henriques