OT: Great photo op

Actually, I believe that's been done, with a modified C-130.

C-130 history aside, Bush's policies are ill-considered and counter-productive.

Just an FYI, Joe:

I know you're referring to the carrier photo-op in 2003. The flight suit worn by Bush is required of anyone on a military aircraft. Bush was no more pretending to be anything other than what the President is...CIC.

Well, he's trying to pull another stunt. I'm tellin' ya...it's coming soon. Anything to plug the cracks in the foundation....

That would be a C-17 Globemaster III, dude. Not a C-130. Unless a C-130 crew is standing in front of a C-17 for some reason, in which case you are spot on. And, you very well can land a Hercules on a carrier deck. The KC-130 marine version, anyway.

That may be. Either fix the way it's being fought, or get the hell out.

Counterexamples: Air Force One. Marine One.

Yep: Chickenhawk-In-Charge.

They'll worry about that when AF1 lands on a carrier.

BTW, any fixed-wing aircraft carrying the President is designated AF1, so your example falls flat. When he landed on the carrier, that plane was AF1.

Hey...the bridge on a carrier is ugly anyway. Shaving it off might be an improvement. More room for disc golf.

I always thought it was the prettiest part, but then I'm a techie.

I like the bow and the anchors. I'm into anchors.

Freud might have had something to say about that.

I'm a bass player. I drop anchors in every song, so guitarists don't wander off into the poison ivy.

The carrier I served on USS Enterprise CVAN 65 now

No pun intended, but that pic floats my boat.

LOL...

Do ya think there is a bit of high tech stuff there?

Just a little.

It brings back many memories of constructing unusual antenna assemblies when I was in junior and high school.

Reminds me of the sort of Legos stuff my nephew liked. ;-P

Cathy

Legos? We had Erector Sets.

Let the fun begin.