On Mon, 19 May 2008 20:17:39 -0400, DK wrote:

wrote:
Man, to keep this in perspective, this is a freakin' aircraft carrier!
I know that there used to be someone here who claimed to have piloted
a boat around the horn, but to drench the bow of an aircraft carrier
is something else!

http://www.break.com/index/giant-wav...t-carrier.html


I wonder how well those jets handle that kind of sal****er bath?

Pilots probably carry a lot of Windex to get the salt off the canopy.
--
John *H*

On Mon, 19 May 2008 07:37:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Man, to keep this in perspective, this is a freakin' aircraft carrier!
I know that there used to be someone here who claimed to have piloted
a boat around the horn, but to drench the bow of an aircraft carrier
is something else!

http://www.break.com/index/giant-wav...t-carrier.html

I wonder how long that Sea Knight on the bow will be in maintenance
after that ride.

On Mon, 19 May 2008 07:37:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I know that there used to be someone here who claimed to have piloted
a boat around the horn

I wonder how many actually go around Cape Horn, and how many go
through the Magellan Strait.

Casady

On May 22, 10:45*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Mon, 19 May 2008 07:37:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
I know that there used to be someone here who claimed to have piloted
a boat around the horn

I wonder how many actually go around Cape Horn, and how many go
through the Magellan Strait.

Casady

I don't know. The guy who claimed to have done it lurks here, perhaps
he'll answer!