Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Randall Damm

http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=30860




051216-N-9362D-001 Persian Gulf (Dec. 16, 2005) - Commander Carrier Air Wing Eight, Capt. Bill Sizemore makes his 10,000th trap aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Sizemore was piloting an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Blacklions" of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213). Roosevelt and embarked CVW-8 are underway on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Randall Damm (RELEASED)

Does anyone know what the record for most traps is ?
Cool pick

No idea, but think about it for a second -- let's assume as a carrier pilot:
- you're at sea for about 9 months out of the year;
- that equals about 270 days each year;
- you fly about once a day, maybe just a bit less;
- so you make about 250 traps a year (just to make the math easier).

It would take you 40 years to make 10,000 traps. So this guy has basically flown two missions/sorties a day for 20 years!