Senator Mark Kelly
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Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You have a hook, there's a wire.
I've done that, I don't know, 375 times, something like that.
It's just scary at night.
I mean, it's just, you know, especially if there's no horizon.
Yeah.
You know, you're flying initially on instruments, so you're flying an ILS approach.
Yeah.
And then you get to three quarters of a mile and then you transition to the light system, the meatball, the Fresnel lens on the deck.
And it's a very high gain task.
A lot of inputs.
Yeah.
You get waved off.
Maybe if it's not looking good.
I used to be a landing signals officer as well, standing on the side of the ship when other airplanes are coming on board and you're talking to them.
Right.
And you're telling, you know, you're giving them suggestions.
You know, you might say like, you know, you're a little high, you know, don't fly through it.