Argh.
Next thing you know, he didn't file a flight plan.
Archangelsk, check this out for your howl of the day.
I'm afraid I just can't vote for Bush after this... I mean, it's OK for girls to do a go-around, but real men put it down regardless. I've never, ever, made a go-around, (and no, you can't look in my logbook), not even at Christmastime in Cambodia when I plugged my Mac and Laserwriter into the jungle telegraph and wrote CYA memos in Microsoft Word. I flew with a fighter pilot who said I was the best he ever saw. I'm sorry, he can't be named. He's a document examiner with CBS News now.
I dunno about you, but my instructor taught me, "if an approach looks dodgy just force that damn thing on there. Gravity is on your side, and nothing much bad ever came of landing short, or long, or too fast, or skidding it around the base-final turn with the rudder." He was a great instructor and everybody loved him. You should have seen all the people at the memorial service!
And... oooh, he flew the T-33. That's another thing I remember hearing. "That T-33, that's a girly-man plane, why it will just barely kill you. Them eee-jection seats, well on the T-bird they are just a decoration, you don't never need 'em." (Hint: check out any memorial to NASA astronauts. I bet at least one croaked in a T-bird).
Why, a pilot ain't hardly worth his chest hair if he does sissy stuff like go-arounds. I bet if they really look into it someone caught him pre-flighting the plane, or using a (gasp) checklist. What a fairy!
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F