RickH wrote:
Wonder if he texts while he's in the pattern ?

A couple years ago, Blackberrys became all the rage for USAF leadership.
Seems like overnight, Squadron Commanders and up were toting these things around, always on their e-mail lifeline to everything that military commanders have to keep on top of.
So, one day I'm sitting in my office and I needed to ask my Commander a question. I walked to his office, where his secretary mentioned that he was flying.
I went back to my computer and wrote him a short email with my question, assuming he'd get back to me in his own sweet time after he got done with his debrief and checked his mail.
As I went about my business, no less than a minute or two later, the computer went <ding!>, indicating I had a new email.
Sure enough...it was from my Commander....from his Blackberry....from somewhere overhead the field in the back seat of a T-38!!