Legend has it he flew the plane.

In his dreams, maybe. I doubt even the president of the US is gonna be allowed to really take over the plane. They let him steer, while sitting on the pilot's lap, is my guess.

But hey, I don't expect they'll tell us if he barfed all over his shoes when the plan hit the carrier deck, either.

He is still just trying to make daddy proud, IMO. Remember, at least Papa Bush was a real pilot, didn't run away and go AWOL from the military, and didn't have to subject himself to the humiliations that Dubya has to in order to make himself look military.