Flight and Flying; Period 5, Thursday 5/29

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

He was almost there. Perhaps after a few more days of digging through information on spacecraft, he'd be ready to bring them into the class. Even though the Danger Shop was designed to keep anyone from actually being hurt, he wanted to make sure that he knew what he was doing. Just in case.

In the meantime, he'd opted for something stealthy.

"The F-117 stealth jet." He didn't bother to give a greeting, just launched right into it. Strolling around the room and in between the several craft it housed as he spoke. "Known by several nicknames, the most common is simply Stealth. It's also designated as Nighthawk and the Wobblin' Goblin. But that one is kinda unfair, as it doesn't actually wobble. However, early test models *were* shaky at lower speeds, so the name stuck."

"This thing is a primary example of a craft, which by all rights, shouldn't fly. The design schematics are all wrong, and experts on aviation long argued that it would be much too unstable to remain airborne." He grinned a little, "Just goes to show you that there are plenty of things out there that are unstable but still capable of flight."

"The reason it looks so funny, and why it's called Stealth, is because it's practically invisible to radar. Over 99% of all radar signals simply cannot lock onto it, because of the design of the craft. You could say it's a very early predecessor of cloaking technology," he waggled his eyebrows slightly. "Their primary functions are to serve as a bomber or surveillance. Since it's undetectable, it makes for the perfect spy craft."

"For today's class, everyone will be flying solo. These babies are for a single pilot only. Your only assignment," he grinned wildly, "is just to have fun. Fly against each other if you want, or just cruise along through the clouds, your choice."

"Oh, and one other iddy-biddy thing. If any of y'all ever need me for anything, I have office hours on Tuesdays. Stop by at any time." Smiling, he spun his hat around backwards. "Now let's get flyin'!"

(plz wait for the OCD is up!)

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[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da...

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[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Desmond has his barrow in the market place
Molly is the singer in a band

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[raspberryturk]

... Fa la la la la, la la la... la?

Reno.

Chatter while you grab a jet

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

With a couple of kids blasting through the air...

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[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf stood at attention as he waited his turn.

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[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Now this was more like it! Anemone bounced in place while she waited for her run with the F-117.

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[solo_sword]

Okay Jaina was not the most awake today. She was working on it.

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[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Rodney was torn between thoughts of cool stealth jet and I've never flown solo before. He was feeling a bit conflicted as he got ready.

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

This was much better than last week in John's opinion. He tried not to seem as tired as he felt and smiled lazily while he waited his turn.

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[the_merriest]

Rikku wasn't even trying NOT to bounce on her toes. A lot. A lot a lot a lot.

Fly like you wanna!

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

And in the evening he still sings it with the band...
(feel free to ignore the singing coming through your headsets)

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[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf actually showed some signs of enjoyment as he flew the craft. The controls were different than what he was used to but the concept was similar and the plane was good to fly.

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[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

Murdock's voice cackled through the radio, "How ya doing there, big guy?"

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[raspberryturk]

Reno was flying. Flying, and grinning, and trying to look as bloody casual as he possibly could, even if he didn't have an audience.

Okay. So he was whooping and laughing and pushing the limits of the jet, once he got the hang of the controls. Choppers were awesome, but this was a totally different kind of awesome.

He wanted one. He was going to have to put in a formal request to the boss back in Edge. Sneaky jet!

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[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

Murdock grinned as he watched Reno's plane whisk around. "Looks like you got it dude!" his voice came through the headset. "Yeeeehaaaaw!" Yes, ok. Big deal if Murdock was probably having just as much fun as Reno. What?

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[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone's take-off had been smooth and by-the-book, completely automatic in its efficiency.

Once she'd reached an appropriate altitude, however, the safety restraint was promptly discarded, as were half the other protocols. "Only runs to Mach 0.92, huh?" she said, head cocked as if listening as she pushed the jet through some high speed acrobatics. "Oh, you can do more than that. Put some effort into it."

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[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

Murdock watched her flight with interest. She seemed to be doing pretty good with the aerobatics. "Fancy flyin', eh girl?" his voice came over the radio. "Not bad. How far do you think you can take it though? Would you be able to handle it an actual pursuit?"

He may have been issuing a slight challenge there. All depends upon how one looked at it.

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[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco was doing his best not to bounce from excitement.

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[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Rodney understood the theories and mechanics of flying and aircrafts better than most. However, that didn't automatically translate into having a smooth flight.

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[the_merriest]

Rikku was nervous. Because. Solo flight, and this thing looked badass.

So she was flying a little tentatively, at first.

It was hard to be tentative when this thing just zoomed through the air like it wanted to play.

Take it Reno!

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

Murdock lets the children lend a hand...

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[raspberryturk]

Reno was in heaven all over again.

If you need him, he'll be over here, resisting the urge to hug the plane. Again.

Let Murdock know just how crazy you think he is

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

Happy ever after in the big blue sky...
(who has switched from singing to humming)

OOC

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

And if you want some fun...take Ob-la-di-bla-da!
(Go blame Alice for getting The Beatles stuck in Murdock's his mun's head)

Re: OOC

[the_merriest]

YOU SAY THAT LIKE IT IS A BAD THING.