Top Gun 2

Looks like Top Gun 2 is getting green-lighted.  See latest buzz here and here.  Can't wait to see who they cast other than TC. Can't imagine they'll bring back Val Kilmer, Rick Rossovich or Tim Robbins. Would love to see a Vice Admiral Tom Skerrit!

No More Challenging Carrier Traps?

Saw this article last week in the San Diego Union-Tribune with the catchy title: "No More Tricky Landings" and had to laugh.  Do the pointy-head engineers really think they can program carrier landings to a science?  Hmm, seem to remember ACL and auto-throttle systems from the 70s and 80s. Sure, the technology is leaps and bounds better, but once the ship starts rocking and rolling, turbulence and lightening strike and a black box or two fails, dare to say it is more than "tricky" to land a 60,000-pound jet--even one with the most sophisticated computer system.