The Washington Post, March 27th, 2003
The view from the cockpit was a wash of gauzy beige. No ocean, no ships, no horizon -- nothing to orient Lt. John Turner as he strained to guide his supersonic jet through an oceangoing sandstorm to land on a floating patch of steel. Like a photographic image developing in a chemical bath, the faint outline of the aircraft carrier's tower suddenly materialized on the right through the sandy fog. In seconds, video from his cockpit camera showed later, he was descending on the flight deck, pointing the sharp nose of his F/A-18E Super Hornet down, catching the arresting wire that would bring his ...
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