"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:clLYb.214124$U%5.1239757@attbi_s03...
Better hope Bush doesn't decide to show up in his rented flight suit and
TFR!

Bush's F-102 flight instructor -- a crusty, old, 270 pound former judo
instructor -- is quoted in this week's Newsweek as saying that "Bush was in
the top 5% of fighter pilots he's ever trained..."

Sounds good. Then why did he stop flying? I'm still a low-time
pilot, but I can't imagine suddenly stopping flying and, to all
appearances, not thinking about it again.

Newsweek also reports that Bush inquired about being transferred to Viet Nam
for combat duty, and was told that (a) the F-102 in which he was rated and
current was considered obsolete for combat operations, and (b) he had too
few flight hours. Thus, his inquiry was rejected.

If he wanted to fly, why didn't he attempt to get training in
something that was being flown more?

Sounds like old GW is more legit than some of you like to believe...

Perhaps. But there's a lotta odd dangling ends of things. Too many
inconsistencies for my personal taste.

-Malcolm Teas