Wade and I are ready to flight the crap out of that flight simulator!
(P.S. That green thing in my hand is a straight up barf bag!!)
It was a suggestion that initiated growing excitement: "How would you and your roommate like to try out the flight simulator?"
At first, I have to admit, I was a little skeptical. A video game, at what, Chuck E. Cheese? No, Kyle assured me, a for real simulator that commercial airline pilots train on before they can officially say: "Uuuuuh. Folks. This is your. Uuuuuuh. Captian speaking." How cool is that?
I was the first to fly because, well, I'm a lady! (And I'm sure it didn't hurt to be dating the flight simulator operator/maintenance guy.) I was trying to be a safe pilot. Keeping the plane level. Bank right. Bank left. Then Wade took off from O'Hare Airport, and we were zooming all over. Climb quickly. Dive hard. Ducking inbetween the poorly rendered buildings of Downtown Chicago.
On my second go, I was a little more adventurous: Diving under the Golden Gate Bridge. Wade and I yelled at each other as I pulled us up, just 10inches from the water. He tried to pull a loop-de-loop, and the thing felt so real as it stalled and fell back to Earth, I just about got sick.
Pretty awesome time!
At first, I have to admit, I was a little skeptical. A video game, at what, Chuck E. Cheese? No, Kyle assured me, a for real simulator that commercial airline pilots train on before they can officially say: "Uuuuuh. Folks. This is your. Uuuuuuh. Captian speaking." How cool is that?
I was the first to fly because, well, I'm a lady! (And I'm sure it didn't hurt to be dating the flight simulator operator/maintenance guy.) I was trying to be a safe pilot. Keeping the plane level. Bank right. Bank left. Then Wade took off from O'Hare Airport, and we were zooming all over. Climb quickly. Dive hard. Ducking inbetween the poorly rendered buildings of Downtown Chicago.
On my second go, I was a little more adventurous: Diving under the Golden Gate Bridge. Wade and I yelled at each other as I pulled us up, just 10inches from the water. He tried to pull a loop-de-loop, and the thing felt so real as it stalled and fell back to Earth, I just about got sick.
Pretty awesome time!
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