god has bestowed upon them all and genuinely content with the thrill and promise of each passing day. p and at that, george had tears in his eyes as i spoke said, you know, brian, you have got us pegged just right. and the roller coaster of emotions we have experienced since 1992. come with me. he led me down the porch at walkers point to the side of the house that fronts the ocean and pointed to a small simple plaque that had been unobtrusively installed some days earlier. it read cavu. george said, brian, this stands
wrote to my son in his words, congratulations on receiving your wings of gold. i know how proud you and your family are at this moment. and then in words that assured us that the letter came directly from him, he wrote, quote, though we have not met, i share the pride your father has for you during this momentous occasion, and i wish you many cavu days ahead. all the best, g. bush. i would come to learn that that acronym, cavu for short, is a term navy pilots have used since world war ii. it stands for ceiling and visibility unlimited. president bush described cavu in his words as the kind of weather we navy pilots wanted when we were to fly off our carrier in
the pacific. and he once wrote a letter to his children saying that cavu, in his words, describes my own life as it s been over the years and as it is right now. ceiling and visibility unlimited. that may well describe the essence of this man, and it may well have been his vision. the vision he had for his life, for his children, his children s children and his country. no barriers, no boundaries, no limits. so we mourn with those who mourn and grieve with those who grieve. but we do not grieve like those who have no hope.
flown off the axle for all we knew and george h.w. bush did try to keep it on course and finally i do think we need these moments. politics is such a rough business and i m not really speaking about today s politics. it was really rough in 1988, in 1992 when he ran for president but to see that there, hear america the beautiful hear the navy hymn. this is a special moment. patrick: cavu is ceiling and visibility unlimited i think i said unrestricted. my apologies and thank you for your service. mara. these are important national moments but not just to celebrate george h.w. bush s character but what lessons could he give us at a time we re all cynically saying we ll come together for a day or two while this event is going on but he
carrier in the pacific and he once wrote a letter to his children saying that cavu, in his words, describes my own life as it s been over the years and as it is right now. ceiling and visibility unlimited. that may well describe the essence of this man. and it may well have been his vision. the vision he had for his life. for his children. his children s children. and his country. no barriers, no boundaries, no limits. so we mourn with those who mourn, and grieve with those who grieve, but we do not grieve like those who have no hope. for president george herbert