XPost: rec.aviation.piloting, rec.travel.air   
   From: mazorj@verizon.net   
      
   "Mxsmanic"  wrote in message   
   news:rqks335g84nuvc7n9i3srvcqab955518ls@4ax.com...   
   > Dudley Henriques writes:   
   >   
   >> It is truly said in the Naval fighter community, that   
   >> there are 3 things   
   >> that comprise the ultimate in a physical sensation a   
   >> Naval aviator can   
   >> experience in life; a good landing, an orgasm, and a good   
   >> shit. A night   
   >> landing on a carrier is the one event that allows you to   
   >> experience all   
   >> three at the same time.   
   >   
   > I'm surprised that landings would be more esteemed than   
   > take-offs.  I saw an   
   > in-cockpit video of a pilot's first actual catapult   
   > take-off from a carrier   
   > and he sounded pretty impressed by it.   
      
   So which is greater, MadMax's abject ignorance about   
   aviation, or his mind-boggling willingness to flaunt it so   
   openly in aviation froups?   
      
   I was tempted to say the former, but it's a tough call if   
   you think about it.   
      
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