[spokeshave]

Yeah ....I saw that it picked up ON THE LAST WIRE.....I bet the pilot was ready to punch up those throttles....wow what a photo op that would have been..

Anyway....a more knowledgeable poster mentioned that the third one is best....I believe for ease of turn around at that position on the flight deck.

On another note....looks like the stock market is starting to move up....lets see....this time next year should be well into the bull rally and a bear on rats

[Ready4Freddy]

".....I bet the pilot was ready to punch up those throttles...."

I bet the pilot already had the throttles on full when he hit the deck. If you don't, you'll never get off the deck safely in the case of a bolter.

[Publicus]

Stock market will improve when people's trust in the people involved is restored.

The people's trust in the people involved will be restored ONLY when:

-The crooked execs, accountants, and lawyers are held accountable for betraying our trust, stealing our money, defrauding our government, and destroying the livelihoods and retirements of millions of productive, law-abiding Americans AND the funds they embezzled are seized and returned in some measure to investors, employees, vendors, lenders, and creditors.

The stock market will rocket past 10,000 points in less than three months when:

1. We stop taxing corporations;

2. We stop taxing capital gains;

3. We stop taxing dividends.

If we do these simple things, watch what happens- It will be glorious.

[Future Snake Eater]

Are you sure about that? I heard several times that Bush's plane hit the #4 wire, which is the first wire on the deck, not the last.

[HighWheeler]

Here is a great description of the aircraft recovery.

The number 1 wire is the first approached, the 3 wire is the target, and the 4 wire is the last chance. Bush's plane caught the 4 wire.

http://people.howstuffworks.com/aircraft-carrier5.htm