and we level off at about 3500 feet because we can't take it down to the deck. it would crash the whole system. but mitchell, you know, as a pilot looking for what you would not want to do but if you had to land on water, how do you set up the airplane? >> you know, it's a very difficult procedure, but essentially what you're trying to do is stay level with the water. obviously you want to be as slow as possible, the minimum controlled speed. and as for textbook what they teach you is to try to land the airplane, have the tail of the airplane touch downright at the crest of the wave, not the trough but the crest, the top of the wave. so the wave carries you down. that's theory. in real life especially at night, dusk, dawn, that's very difficult to do. >> clearly, you know, you want the waves -- you want the water as calm as possible, but you don't control that. so you'll be coming down and don't put the wheels down as you would on land. >> can i ask mitch -- >> can it be done? go ahead. >> something david soucie,