My old high school friend Rip Gordon is now a US Navy pilot. He was one of the last pilots to fly [link requires free registration] what is in my opinion one of the world’s greatest and sexiest fighter planes, the F-14 tomcat.
He’s now flying F-18s, and in the video below, he discusses what it’s like to land on a carrier in the middle of the night. There’s also an article about it in the local paper.
