[i]Originally posted by RICHARD [.....the ship was coming back to port...it has to be in 'ship shape' .....Vikings (the jet he used) ALWAYS ARE LANDING on deck to deliver passengers and mail..since that is one of my favorite aircraft. the only thing that bugs me about the whole trip is I HAVE ALWAYS wanted a trip on one of those bad boys.....catapult take off and hook landing...that's what bugged me the most
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dear richard, i have always been fascinated by those ships and aircraft. thank god that there are american women and men to do that job. i have always wanted to ask any of the pilots or flight crews, "ARE YOU NUTS?!?" what in the sam hill makes you for one milisecond think that landing a small fast moving multimillion dollar aircraft on a ship bobbing up and down in the ocean on a landing area the size of a football field is a good thing? and thank you very much for being so crazy, but are you nuts? and who makes the steel in that hook and cable?: