[Wright is right!]

"What is the last wire you can catch?"

There are four arresting cables. The #4 was the last wire. Miss that one and you're a "bolter," which means that you've just done a touch-n-go and go around for another crack at it.

The Dems will no doubt point to this as evidence of The Dubya's callous disregard for safety.

Michael

[topher]

George W Bush might have been embarrassed (and the pilot) if they missed the first landing, but George W Bush would have liked to have gotten a second try.

The Viking did look like it was high coming in, but it was hard to tell with the telephoto camera's if that was out of proportion.

I guess the propellor driven aircraft based on the carrier (E2C Hawkeye) must be the easiest to land.

My cousin is married to a former REO on a F-14 Tomcat. On one takeoff, the pilot forgot to put down the flaps, and they went down before they went up after launch. Supposedly my cousin's husband was mad at the pilot for forgetting and it was an apparently a "close one".