As the Greyhound drops toward the 1, 100-foot deck of the aircraft carrier, the pilot throttles up to 150 miles an hour.

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It said safety had not been compromised as the pilot was not alone at the cockpit's flight deck at the time.

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At one point, Davern recalled, he glanced out of the pilot house window and saw Wagner and Wood on the yacht's aft deck.

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