Martok Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Well, I'm leaving California on my way to Texas now. Had a blast! Go Karts that go 50mph! FUN FUN! I did end up winning the grand prize with 6 other lucky co-workers!! We got to fly a Marquetti fighter jet! Very similar to a P51 Mustang! Imagine our shock when in the pre-fight briefing we found out we actually had to fly it! This wasn't any joy ride! Me and a few others were outside two fisting some cigarettes before the flight! You get up in the air and your instructor (sitting beside you to the right) lets go of the controls and says "It's all your's, you have the stick". WOAH! Yea, let me just say that its not like any flight sim! I barely touched the stick to the right and we ended up in a full blown roll/nose dive combo! Negative 2 G's is not exactly fun. I only threw up on my first trip twice (they have some nice little ralph bags beside your seat). The real fun begins after you do some basic maneuvers, flips, and barrel rolls. Then you are teamed up against one other of our group for dog fighting! We didn't have "missles" guns only. What a rush! There's nothing like pulling straight out of a nose dive and jerking that stick to an immediate barrel roll to get out of the line of fire! The key was to ensure you kept sight on the other plane! When it ended, myself and Lori (old trainee of mine) ended up with the most points! So we had to duke it out again for the final competition! Lori is one crazy ######! She kept her plan in a continuous vertical loop over and over while occasionally banking to the left. We ended up pulling 5.5 G's in that fight. Score on the final dogfight : Uglutz 6 wins, Lori 0 SNAP! Just call me Maverick! ((Did Maverick have little white bags of vomit rolling around in the cockpit with him?)) Anyhow, off to Texas! I have dvd's of the flight, if I ever figure out how I'll try to get some of it posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balandar Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 SWEET! You must get the video off the DVDs. Post it on youtube and then on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baracko Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Sounds like a blast, bud! Glad you had a good time. Watch out for the fake boobies in Texas... they have a mind of their own! Bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoach Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Just call me Maverick!((Did Maverick have little white bags of vomit rolling around in the cockpit with him?)) They used their Hollywood magic to CG it out. Glad you survived! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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