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fandomhigh2007-05-31 10:49 pm
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Flight and Flying [Friday, 2nd period]
Anakin's mouth was set in a slightly harder line today than normal.
It had nothing to do with the new month.
And he wouldn't explain himself even if it did.
The flight simulator had been reconfigured again--this time to something that should seem a bit more familiar to Earth-based students: The F-16 Flying Falcon.
Anakin clasped his hands behind his back and began speaking. "This is one of the aircraft used by the militaries of this world," he began. "It's good in air-to-air combat as well as air-to-surface attack, can go more than 850 kilometers before it needs to be refueled and can withstand up to nine G's--pretty high tech for this world's standards."
He opened the simulator door and gestured to the controls. "As you can see, it's configured differently than the systems we've been using in the last few weeks, but the joystick and the trigger button are located in the same place. The F-16 just isn't as sensitive as the starfighter--you'll have to yank harder at the joystick to get the same reaction."
He was completely oblivious to any kind of innuendo that might've been found in that statement. "You'll also be dealing with the Earth's gravity, so turns won't be as fast, and if you make the plane go up too quickly, the machine's been equipped to simulate G forces, so you might pass out. That's not exactly what I had in mind for today, so please don't do that."
It had nothing to do with the new month.
And he wouldn't explain himself even if it did.
The flight simulator had been reconfigured again--this time to something that should seem a bit more familiar to Earth-based students: The F-16 Flying Falcon.
Anakin clasped his hands behind his back and began speaking. "This is one of the aircraft used by the militaries of this world," he began. "It's good in air-to-air combat as well as air-to-surface attack, can go more than 850 kilometers before it needs to be refueled and can withstand up to nine G's--pretty high tech for this world's standards."
He opened the simulator door and gestured to the controls. "As you can see, it's configured differently than the systems we've been using in the last few weeks, but the joystick and the trigger button are located in the same place. The F-16 just isn't as sensitive as the starfighter--you'll have to yank harder at the joystick to get the same reaction."
He was completely oblivious to any kind of innuendo that might've been found in that statement. "You'll also be dealing with the Earth's gravity, so turns won't be as fast, and if you make the plane go up too quickly, the machine's been equipped to simulate G forces, so you might pass out. That's not exactly what I had in mind for today, so please don't do that."
Exercise 2: Air to Air
Try not to die.
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Afterward, more faces at the simulator.
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Johnny didn't die, didn't even come close. He even played around with the other aircraft, maneuvering his Falcon in close, dodging, and spinning away before he came back hard and fast, taking all three airplanes out in rapid succession.
What? He was a maverick pilot and todays exercise and scenerio was definitely his playground.
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Still not trying to impress anyone, she didn't die, and managed to hit all three planes head-on.
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[OOC: Hey, John's gotta 'pretend die' AND save the day. It happens repeatedly in his future]
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She even managed to hit a target before landing without use of the gears.