Pilot: Flying Bush was 'just awesome'

usatoday.com ^ | 2/05/03

[Jakarta ex-pat]

Navy pilot John "Skip" Lussier has made hundreds of aircraft carrier landings but none like his pressure-filled touchdown on the USS Abraham Lincoln with President Bush in the cockpit.

"The pressure was ratcheted up just a little bit, but I tried not to think about it," Lussier said Friday on ABC's Good Morning America. "I just wanted to focus on it as a mission and make sure I got the president aboard safely."

[k2blader]

*LOL*

Indeedy.

[TC Rider]

The Stained One paid the USS Eisenhower a visit while I was assigned to the Ike. Willy awarded a medal to a rather attractive blonde Radioman First Class, the only medal awarded by the Bent one that day.

Was this the visit where he and his co-horts looted the cabins?

[Conspiracy Guy]

About half way through reading it I felt like a frog in a blender.

[k2blader]

I was fumbling for more caffeine.

[agrace]

HAHAHA, too funny. My daughter is getting Wiggly Safari for her 6th birthday in 2 days. :)

[Action-America]

I still think that he should have done a night carrier landing.  After all, it's like the carrier pilots say:

"The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a good bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time."

 

[No Truce With Kings]

}As is customary with dignitaries, as soon as his plane landed he would have been gonged aboard with honors "Commander-In-Chief, Arriving" {

Not quite. When a dignitary arrives aboard a ship, he (or she) is styled by the individual's command. If the captain of the Enterprise comes on board, he would be announced as "Enterprise." If the commander of the Sixth Fleet came on board, he would be "Sixth Fleet." The commander of the Navy would be "Navy."

Since W. is president, he would be announced by the name of his command. Most likeiy "United States of America" to differentiate him from the captains of the carriers "United States" and "America."

[Poohbah]

Actually, since the term "Commander in Chief" has been removed from all of the unified/specified commanders, Bush is the one and only Commander-in-Chief, and that is his formal title in the Constitution.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thank you for all your picture posts!!!! Beautiful and ones I have not seen other places.

[Credo]

I think they rang him on as "United States of America".

[Magnum44]

Most likely "United States of America" ...

You may be correct. While still a reservist, I do not spend much time keeping current on protocol issues (and its been over 11 years since I requested permission to come aboard.)

Since there is only one CinC now, I think "Commander-In-Chief" is unambiguous, but your point about being titled by your command sounds correct.

Regards,

[IoCaster]

I'd imagine that they "piped" him aboard as "Commander in Chief, arriving".

Actually it was "United States Arriving".

[ffusco]

I thought it was the Imperial March from Star Wars.....

[RedBloodedAmerican]

the three wire is preferred not the two wire
Thats fine, I was making it simple for someone to read it based on the article.

From the article: However, aircraft always come in at full power. You said this is wrong.

Isn't the aircraft still "coming in" until it snags the cable?

please point out the errors I made on a thread yesterday

Not worth my time. You're the butler, you go find it.

"...putz...Eintstein...ignorant remarks..."

Well, that certainly adds to your credibility, right along with your other posts.

[No Truce With Kings]

"Actually, since the term "Commander in Chief" has been removed from all of the unified/specified commanders, Bush is the one and only Commander-in-Chief, and that is his formal title in the Constitution."

True, but dignitaries boarding a naval ship are not announced by their title, but by their command. When the captain of the Ronald Reagan is piped aboard, he is "Ronald Reagan," not "Captain Smith of the USS Ronald Reagan," or "Captain Smith," or "Captain, Ronald Reagan." Similarly, the Commander in Chief is piped aboard as "United States of America."

[Blood of Tyrants]

I read that they tried fancy computer screens and electronic displays but it jut didn't work as well as cardboard cutouts on a table painted to represent the flight deck.

Just like my old fashioned "dumb" guns, newer isn't necessarily better.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Brownshirts are also called "turdshirts".

[samuel_adams_us]

So some guy calls in yesterday to KHOW during the Scott Redmond, Gunny Bob Newman show, saying he was Bush's crew chief and that he never went wheels up. Can't the democrats tell the truth, ever?

[Fixit]

The President wanted to use a 2 seater fighter, but the Secret Service said no, that he would have to use a plane with at least 4 seats, so that 2 of his Secret Service personnel could be with him.

Actually there was only one US Secret Service agent on board. The fourth seat was filled by Naval Aviator Lt. Ryan Phillips.

A wise choice, I must say. More important to have a second type-certified pilot aboard than another federal police officer.

[Fixit]

Link for above post:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30800-1089382,00.html