On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:11:53 GMT, "Mike Isaksen"
wrote in t9CCi.2124$es2.1339@trndny09:

... admitted to being a control freak.

Are you familiar with the phrase, "Nothing to chance"?

Experience has taught me that a prudent airman controls as many
variables as possible. If that implies freakiness, so be it.


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“Great pilots are made, not born…A man may possess good eyesight,
sensitive hands, and perfect coordination, but the end result is only
fashioned by steady coaching, much practice and experience.”
- Air Vice-Marshal J.E. ‘Johnnie’ Johnson ,RAF