"vincent p. norris" wrote in message

|| .....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. (:-))



I tried that once out of the door of a moving bus, talk about getting your
own back.



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



I always thought the 'correct' term was alighting, that is if you do it
correctly.



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Cheers


Dave Kearton