Not in the bunker, Tom, but my 'puter is. (acting up again)...

Born in Paris, Texas raised mostly in El Paso, Texas, when not with my soldier Dad in Germany, on Okinawa, in Chicago and Oklahoma City.

Now in Dale City, VA, about an hour from Gator 851, and close to about a dozen other Gators.

Now that I brought Texas up, thought I'd share this: (this came from an El Paso friend, who flew Cobras with the 25th Aviation Battalion "Diamondheads" in the late sixties- I recenctly found him on the 25th's site after knowing nothing about him for the past 36 years or so...)

Lumpy
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The Democrats making an issue out of the Carrier landing are justjealous that they didn't think of it first or have the guts to do it.

The following was forwarded to me from one of my old Navy buddies who got it from an aviator
friend on the carrier Abraham Lincoln. The email below explains briefly the procedure of a plane
approaching a carrier for landing The pilot is asked by the air controller to "call the ball".

For those not familiar with naval aviation lingo. There is a visual aid used on carriers to let pilots know if they are on the proper glide slope to land on the deck. The part that moves up and down depending on how you're doing on the glide slope looks like a ball or "meat ball". The fact that you have a visual on the approach aid dictates a call to the controller on the ship.

The President's recent approach to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln resulted in the following:
In this case the standard response from the pilot of plane carrying the President would have been "Lincoln, Navy One, 12,500 lbs, Roger Ball" meaning I have the ball in sight and am on glide path (for a safe landing)

-- the weight is given for setting the correct braking tension of the arresting gear cables).

The President's recent approach to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln resulted in the following: "Navy One" was on final approach for trap aboard CVN ABRAHAM LINCOLN... the President making the radio call said:

"Lincoln, Navy One, 12,500 lbs, I have the balls,"
His call brought down the house in wild cheers. No wonder the military appreciates and likes the man!
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America. just gotta love it.
or, leave it...