Flight club. 4 pm, Flight Shed

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"Welcome back," Aeryn says once it looks like everyone's arrived. "Today we're going over something a little different. This is the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. It's a passenger plane from Earth, first put into production about fifty years ago, I think, and they're still commonly seen today. They can be controlled by one pilot, and hold up to three passengers. They are often privately-owned, and the fact that you can do that is the best thing I've heard about this planet."

Given a couple people in this club, Aeryn knows she probably should have gone with something space-based, but she really kind of hopes the thought of "you could be carrying three other people" will be enough incentive not to crash and die.

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Re: In the Cessna

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Wobbling, and with a few dips, the Cessna rapidly started to climb upward, with Evie muttering, "Yes, yes, like that, good plane, oh, lovely," the whole time.

"Oh, this is so fun!" She bounced. And the whole plane did a dip with her. "Ahem. Can I try the spin thing now? Blair suggested it."

Re: In the Cessna

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Frelling Blair. Aeryn braces herself in the seat and says, "Fine. Keep your wings steady."

Re: In the Cessna

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Evie very, very carefully, like she saw in the movie of World War I aces at the Smithsonian, starts to. Spin. The. Plane.

They sort of get stuck upside down, though, because Evie's directional sense gets messed up. "Oh, oh, oh-- I don't know-- Okay. Okay. Um."

And then she tries to turn it back, and they *really* begin to spin.

"Ohhhhhhhh!"

Re: In the Cessna

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Aeryn quickly gives clear directions on how to stop spinning.

Re: In the Cessna

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Evie followed them very very carefully, and then stopped, panting. "Oh. Well. That was... much more fun to watch, than to do." She swallowed, then hiccuped. "Goodness." She looked a little green, by now.

Re: In the Cessna

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"You all right?" Aeryn asks her.

Re: In the Cessna

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"Mmmmmmno." Evie hiccuped again, and then said. "Yes?" The wings wobbled a bit. She took a deep breath. "Bad idea. I think I'm about to--" Evie looked around wildly for an in-flight vomit bag. "Ugh!"

Re: In the Cessna

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Fully prepared for Broots, Aeryn quickly hands one out to her. "You make the mess, you clean it," she warns.

Re: In the Cessna

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Evie managed to restrain her yakking to a mouthful of bile and spit, then swallowed and says, "I'm... okay. Really I am." She coughed, then took control of the plane again.

Annnnnd misjudged the flight pattern. Again.

*CRASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

"...drat. I thought I was getting better at that..."

Re: In the Cessna

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Aeryn sighs. "Well, we're dead."

Re: In the Cessna

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"Again." Evie sighed. "Do you mind if I don't try again this week? I'd really really like to figure out what I did wrong, but I'm feeling rather... odd."

Re: In the Cessna

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She hands her the bag. "Go," she says, nodding.