Flight Club meeting [Tuesday early evening--plenty of time before Caritas]

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin opened up the door to the flight simulator shed and set up the chairs for another movie. With the excitement leading up to the holiday, he didn't really expect a lot of drama at the club tonight.

He looked over at the crowd. "Couple of things. First of all, I talked with Dean Bristow and he's okay with us doing some actual flying as long as we don't break atmosphere. Not great for flying space-based stuff, but until we're good to go on simulators, I don't really want us crashing into the sun and dying anyway. There is a new shop in town--Ivanova knows the owner--that's willing to teach us how to fly airplanes, which is very cool. We'll be having a trip over there after the holidays."

He gestured at the simulator. "I've set her controls for a YT-1300 Corellian stock freighter. You might know the type better as what the Millennium Falcon began life as." He smiled at Han. "Not quite sure what you've done to her controls, but I'm guessing they're not exactly factory-spec any more."

He cleared his throat. "And if you want a chance to head off world for the holiday, Han has room for up to three people to go with him back to a planet called Deneb. If you've always wanted to stand on a planet that isn't this one and you can convince your guardian that you should totally be allowed to go, well, here's your chance."

He pointed over at the movie screen. "And if your brains are too fried to even thinking about flying tonight, I've brought out a movie called Pearl Harbor. The history, I've been told, isn't exactly accurate and there's really no way the pilots could shift that quickly from flying fighters to flying bombers, but the explosions are cool and the nurses are kinda hot."

Comments

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*is just like a usual first-timer behind the controls of a vehicle, over-correcting and not too graceful*

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"It's okay. A little shaky, but you'll get it. Let's try a straight and level for a while. She's okay, she's not going to throw you like a horse."

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*calms down a bit, straight and level very easy*

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"Okay, we're going to get into a system up here. That means correcting for moons and planets and asteroids."

Han shows him how to bank and turn.

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*would actually be good if not so nervous, and does have pretty decent reflexes*

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"You ready to try landing this bird? You gotta start braking before you hit the goo, then drop her gear about the time you can see the city."

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*makes an attempt but goes in way, way, way too fast*

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"We're coming in too hot! Pull up! We're gonna spread ourselves all over the landscape if you don't pull up!"

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*panicks* *crashes badly*

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han hugs him. "You did just fine until the part where we turned into the newest layer of fusionform on the landing pad. And," he glanced at the screen "took three fire crews, six mechanics and a kid with a pet kitkin with us."

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*cringes* Ooops.

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"It's okay. Jack wiped out the first time he tried to bank around an asteroid. You did fine. You're just not ready to land alone."

Han kisses him lightly and steps out of the sim. "You're running preflight tomorrow."

Re: Fly the YT-1300

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*gets out with him* That sound safe enough...