Flight- Monday- 3rd period

[solo_sword]

The students were in the Danger Shop again today, and anyone who wondered what they were doing today got their answer in the form of the helicopter on the landing pad behind Jaina.

"No weapons again today. You're all gonna have to suck that up," Jaina said, but she smiled a little when she said that. "This, for those of you who don't know, is a helicopter. From this planet, and they fly very differently than planes. For one thing, it gets vertical lift, which means you can go from a standing position and go straight up, or you can hover in place, rather than needing to gain momentum. It also handles entirely differently."

Because of that, she gave them a little primer on how to actually work the controls, and said, "So you've got two options. If you're not entirely sure about this thing, you can take it up and fly around at your leisure. Try not to fly into any buildings. For those of you looking for a bit more of a challenge, there's going to be a car chase going on in the streets behind me. You're going to take this thing up and follow it around, through all its crazy twists and turns, as much as you can. If there aren't any questions, who wants to go first?"

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Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[solo_sword]

You know what to do here.

Re: Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Jaina had picked the loudest thing to fly in the entire karking galaxy just to punish him. Cade was sure of it.

Ow, ow, ow, his head.

Re: Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Wow, if those things didn't look noisy. Anakin supposed it was an improvement over last week, though, and the prospect of a challenging course was something to look forward to. While waiting his turn, he made good use of the time by absorbing himself in any information he could pull up about helicopters: how they worked, the maneuverability, the history, practical applications . . .

He did think it was kind of cute how this was the closest they could get to repulsorlift tech here.

Re: Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, something that was actually relevant to her world. Karina approved.

She'd have approved a lot more of her bed right then and there, since she'd been back home for, god what most of a week and was exhausted but hey, she was paying attention.

... by the skin of her teeth.

Re: Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[upmysleeve.livejournal.com]

Ace had a question, all right: who didn't want to go first, and what planet were they from so she could NEVER GO THERE?

That tapping foot didn't mean you were boring, Jaina. It just meant OOH, WHIRLYBIRD.

Re: Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Emily sort of wanted to go back to the days they flew things that shoot other flying things.

Plus, noisy.