Jaina Solo Fel (
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fandomhigh2013-02-03 09:29 pm
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Flight- Monday- 3rd period
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?"
"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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That probably explained how he was so stir-crazy that he immediately took the helicopter through the police chase.
He emerged unscathed. The helicopter and some of the buildings might be just a tiny bit less lucky.
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It was just enough to get an idea of how her notes compared to the real thing and then she went back down with a bit of a sigh. Maybe she could do this again when she was less tired? But at least nothing had gone wrong.
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He'd played helicopter simulation games before, so -- other than a few close calls with buildings he swore came out of nowhere -- he and the helicopter made it through the exercise successfully.
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She ended up crashing against a building, sure, but it had been fun.
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Not that you'd know that. It took less than a minute for him to drop on the edge of the landing pad, tip over sideways, and embed the rotor in the ground.
"This $*&@ thing is busted!!!" he complained loudly. "You gave me the busted one!"