A military term indicating perfect flying weather. But there is more to it. I learned the word CAVU listening to former First Lady of the United States, Barbara Bush. She described that her husband George W. Bush often used the word CAVU in his life.George Herbert Walker Bush joined The Navy on his 18th birthday in 1942 against his influential father’s urging that he take advantage of the opportunity he had to pursue a college career instead. He became The Navy’s youngest pilot receiving his wings while still 18 years old. While flying a torpedo bomber over the island of Chichi Jima (near Iwo Jima), his plane was struck by enemy fire. With his plane badly damaged and burning, he continued his mission and completed his strafing run before bailing out into the Pacific. As he clung to his rubber raft the tide pulled him toward the island and a Japanese patrol boat attempted to capture him. American flyers were able to ward off the enemy until a submarine picked him up. Other less lucky flyers who did wind up in captivity on the island were executed. His two fellow crew members did not survive the damaged plane. In describing the events, President Bush states in his presidential museum exhibit that he continues to think of these men to this day. President Bush describes the meaning of CAVU in his life. He says that every naval aviator always wanted CAVU whenever he flew. The treacherous business of naval carrier combat operations makes CAVU always the desired condition. Mr. Bush also applies it as a world view.