For those not familiar with the term "pucker factor," thought you'd enjoy this story which showed up today in my email. s/Cautor -----Original Message-----Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:23 Subject: Pilot's account of a recent Hornet barricade* recovery in the Pacific * A barricade is a huge net that is 20 ft high and stretches across the carrier in the landing area to 'catch' airplanes that must land in extreme cases such as this. how rare? in my 3 yrs as CO of IKE, I watched 36,000 landings - none into the barricade! Greetings Slacker Landlubbers! This is to share...