Flight Club: Flight Shed, Monday After Classes

[weetuskenraider]

"Hey, everybody," Tahiri said, raising a hand in greeting; the time disparity hadn't thrown her off too badly, all things considered, and she looked in good spirits. "I hope it wasn't too quiet around here over the weekend. If it was, well, maybe the first sim option you've got today will make up for it. You've got an experimental Bell X-1 for your atmospheric craft today, which according to the research I've done is the first Earth manned aircraft to successfully break the speed of sound."

Not all that long ago, either, which still amused her. Really, Earth tech? Really?

"As for your spaceflight option . . ." Her expression turned sheepish, and she rubbed at the back of her neck. "I was trying to set up a scenario in Ben's uncle's ship --" this with some effort not to look amused until she noticed Leia didn't seem to be around -- "but for some reason it keeps giving me this flying Winnebago instead. Um . . . try not to overshoot the planet and crash-land, okay? I can definitely speak from experience when I say crash-landing is no fun. Well, maybe sometimes it is, but I'm not supposed to endorse it."

She read over the overview of both crafts' controls from her datapad (not without a significant amount of comical face-making over the flying Winnebago's schematics) and as an afterthought, added, "Oh, by the way -- if any of you are interested in seeing what an actual X-Wing snubfighter looks like, come talk to me; I've got one in the junkyard."

Comments

Sign In [FlC, 4/5]

[weetuskenraider]

Like you want the weekend back too.

Re: Sign In [FlC, 4/5]

[wwiii]

Warren Worthington III

Re: Sign In [FlC, 4/5]

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Kurt Wagner

Re: Sign In [FlC, 4/5]

[heromaniac]

Momoko Akatsutsumi

Re: Sign In [FlC, 4/5]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone

Mingle [FlC, 4/5]

[weetuskenraider]

Because you can't all be in the sim at once.

Re: Mingle [FlC, 4/5]

[wwiii]

... A Winnebago?

Seriously?

Actually, Warren thought that was kind of awesome. In a ridiculous sort of way.

Re: Mingle [FlC, 4/5]

[weetuskenraider]

"I don't know where the Winnebago came from," Tahiri said by way of repeated mortified apology. "Hopefully it'll be some fun?"

Re: Mingle [FlC, 4/5]

[wwiii]

"It's insanely random," Warren said. And he said it in a way that suggested that he completely approved. "Flying doesn't have to be completely serious all of the time, does it?"

Re: Mingle [FlC, 4/5]

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri sensed the approval and grinned, relaxing a bit. "No, I suppose not. And it's definitely unique, I'll say that." For all that it did, bizarrely, remind her of the Falcon. "At this point in the term, this ought to be fun, shouldn't it?"

Re: Mingle [FlC, 4/5]

[heromaniac]

Momoko was busy wondering how a Winnebago (once she'd figured out what it was) could even get off the ground, let alone fly in space. And why would you even want your spaceship to look like that? Totally weird.

Fly [FlC, 4/5]

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri's really sorry about the sim this week. Really.

Bell X-1

[weetuskenraider]

It looks like a bullet with wings. Which is basically what it is. How is that not cool?

Re: Bell X-1

[heromaniac]

It is cool! Which is totally why Momoko left the trailer to the boys.

It was... it was awesome. She of course took the 'launched from a bomber' option but had no time to revel in the drop sensation; the plane flew like it was made of air! Well, if you took into account how ancient it was. And after she got the hang of the buffeting. And keeping the pitch steady. But it totally handled better than she'd expected!

The Eagle V

[weetuskenraider]

No, there is not a can of Liquid Schwartz in the glove compartment. Sorry. You can, however, achieve Ludicrous Speed.

Just hope the Winnebago doesn't fall apart if you do.

Re: The Eagle V

[wwiii]

... Okay, so, the Bell X-1 looked pretty awesome?

But the Winnebago had room for Warren's wings. And, in some twisted sort of way, it was still a spacecraft, which made it awesome by default. Mostly.

Guess which option Warren had picked today.

Re: The Eagle V

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Kurt was overjoyed by the sheer AWESOMENESS of something that looked like it couldn't move without falling apart being actually able to fly through space.

Also, he was totally making racecar noises as he drove the craft around as fast as it would go.

Talk to the Club Heads

[weetuskenraider]

As you do.

Re: Talk to the Club Heads

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri . . . looked really, really apologetic about that flying Winnebago, but . . . uh oh. Where was Leia?

Re: Talk to the Club Heads

[momslilassassin]

"Winnebago?" Ben asked, snickering.

Re: Talk to the Club Heads

[weetuskenraider]

"I don't know," Tahiri said, sticking her tongue out at him. "I was going for the Falcon, and it gave me this instead."

Talk to the Advisor

[weetuskenraider]

Who hopefully won't get mad at Tahiri about the flying Winnebago. (Really, what the kriff.)

Re: Talk to the Advisor

[sith_happened]

Anakin wasn't going to get mad. He was just going to be very, very confused about what she might have asked the simulator to do.

OOC [FlC, 4/5]

[weetuskenraider]

. . . I don't know.

Usurping the post for the day, mwahaha; I believe my partner in flight crime is AFK at the moment. Now I really wanna watch Spaceballs. Luckily I do have it on DVD.

Re: OOC [FlC, 4/5]

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia would be sad if she missed flying the Falcon. ;)