On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:18:41 -0500, vincent p. norris
postulated :
.....we finally got to try our hand at landing on water......

As I keep pointing out to a friend who flew P5Ms, (but he doesn't seem
to understand the English language), you can't "land" on water. You
land on land, and "water" on water. (:-))

vince norris (who, in more than six years as a Naval Aviator, never
got to make a single watering.)

Would "surfacing" be more appropriate?