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   John Mazor wrote:   
   > "Mxsmanic"  wrote in message   
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   >>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.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Apparently he thinks it is harder to take off than land on a carrier.   
   I've done both in a COD, and there is something to seeing the smallness   
   of the ship against the open ocean and watching the deck moving all over   
   the place as you got closer.   
      
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