Top Gun

The lead story yesterday was about the first lady's plane arriving Andrews A.F.B. too close to  the lumbering cargo plane ahead of hers. While her party was in no danger the pilot took evasive action to slow down landing. We average citizens know how it feels to be stacked up above the clouds awaiting clearance to land, with the sun streaming in the right window and then the left - and then the right - and worrying about our connection.
My brother was a Navy weatherman - Aerographer 3rd class. He knew all about cumulus nimbus clouds.
 In 1946 he was stationed at Atlantic City Naval Air Station - this was the propeller era. A private plane was landing and the tower requested the pilot to "expedite your taxi." There was no acknowledgment.
 The tower repeated "AC Niner Four Zero expedite your taxi.' The pilot came on and asked what does expedite mean. It couldn't have been a Navy pilot for those Top Guns knew how to "speed up".
From New York to Washington, perhaps next time the first lady will try Amtrak. Even Joe Biden uses Amtrak. But you do need a reservation.
tjs
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