She said the captain, identified as Jeffrey Clay, had flown into Lexington six times in the last two years.

The captain of the aircraft is one of our most experienced and has been flying with us for nearly 20 years.

The captain will fly us away, I'm sure.

In normal practice, that would indicate the captain was flying the airplane and would not ordinarily touch the radios.

Chekov looked back at Kirk expectantly but the captain flew out of his seat and toward the rail near the first officer's station.

The captain was flying right into a hornet's nest-and the hornets were home and plenty angry already.

Asked if the captain would fly again, his sister, Stacey, said without missing a beat: "Definitely.

"captain, if you'll have me along, i'll fly with you?"

Also, captains will fly different color kites so that they can tell their crew exactly which rod is going off without leaving the steering wheel.

He indicated that the captain, who was too badly injured to interview with officials when the investigation began, was flying at the time.