I agree with you; but Bush couldn't get a new Sec-Def past the Senate now so I guess its Rummy till the end.
What kind of plane? I student flew a Cherokee back in the 70s around Charleston, S.C., got all the way up to my cross-country; then when practicing stalls one day, the cross winds picked up at the Johns Island airport I wanted to set down in...did eight go-arounds, trying to crab it in and was literally trembling when I finally touched down. Haven't been back up since then, but I'm getting the itch again.