Sunday, September 12, 2004

Disappointment

When asked why the National Guard took him on as a pilot, Bush responded to the Houston Chronicle in 1998:

They could sense I would be one of the great pilots of all time.


Apparently, they had bad senses.

WASHINGTON (AP) - George W. Bush began flying a two-seat jet especially designed for training purposes more frequently in the weeks just before he quit flying for the Texas Air National Guard, and twice required multiple attempts to land a one-seat fighter, his pilot logs show.

The White House said it cannot explain the changes in Bush's official flight logs, released to The Associated Press this week as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, but noted they occurred at a time in the spring of 1972 when Bush was trying to cram in extensive flying time before departing the Guard for six months to work on a political campaign in Alabama.