> I have a friend who works for Northwest Airlines. Last night, for the second time in the last 2 months, she took me out to their training headquarters and got me time in their 747 full motion simulator. I am now one of the few non-pilots on the planet that has a total of 6 hours of valid flight time flying "the whale," as it's known.
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> you'll be pleased to know that I managed to land the thing 3 times without incident, but there WAS that nasty rip-the-wings-off thing when I decided to try for a loop ;)
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> I'm thinking about writing an article about this for the various flight magazines ;)

What's your friend's name, where do I have to move to, and what does she take as sucking-up bribes? ;-)

Seriously, that sounds awesome. I am envious.

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