Talk:AIF/@comment-10905876-20140819045122

The seas are calm on the Pacific Ocean near the California coast, and gliding through the gentle swell is the IKN carrier Victorious. On board Victorious fleet admiral David Hodston readies his flight gear, on her flight deck is a modified F4U Corsair. After the AEON crises evaporated, he decided that now was the time to relax, and not think about naval matters one bit, and there is no better place to forget about naval matters than Arizona. As the corsair's engine is warmed up, Hodston arrives on deck and climbs aboard. The corsair takes off, and heads east towards the United States' west coast.

As he heads east he is cleared by various US ATC controllers, and is given a flight path following the interstate 8 from San Diego to Casa Grande, from there he follows the interstate 10 to Tucson in the state of Arizona. During his flight he took a perverse pleasure in buzzing unsuspecting motorists on th highway, even doing a touch and go on a clear stretch of road. As he arrives at Tucson, he at first orders the controller at the small Ryan Air field to clear him to land, forgetting that he is dealing with civilian personell of a different nation. He eventually is cleared to land, and sets his corsair down after a two and a half hour flight from Victorious.

A local guide was arranged by Hodston to show him around the desert as he is completely out of his element, though he suspects that this will allow him to forget naval matters for a while.

OOC: not much conflict right now, so a relatively junior officer is in command of the IKN division during Hodston's absence. Based on the picture he's and older dude, and can't keep this whole command thing up for too terrible long.