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Story time: as a kid I would use FS to do intercontinental flights with my cousin. My (small) room would be divided in two: passenger seating, and cockpit. We
by gnrlst 7y ago
Story time: as a kid I would use FS to do intercontinental flights with my cousin. My (small) room would be divided in two: passenger seating, and cockpit.
We would sit down at my computer and take turns flying. I would convince my little sisters to sit down in the passenger area which were two chairs behind a curtain (they for some reason found it less entertaining than we did and often decided to leave early in the flight...).
We even had a little toy kitchen (borrowed from said sisters) to serve cheerios as inflight meals.
Fun times.
- atonse 7y agoMy brother did a real-time flight around the world (with something like 5-8 hops). Every time he'd reach a waypoint and get his next bearings, he'd set autopilot and watch another show on TV, because it was boring to just stare at the blue ocean. :) Plus, he'd cheat by slewing if he messed up a landing (instead of just turning around). I gave him a lot of grief for that.
- nexuist 7y agoThought I was the only one that did this. Except instead of my siblings I would use my mom and feed her ham sandwiches :)
- gadders 7y agoThere was a sketch show in the UK called The Fast Show, and they had a character in it called Colin Hunt who was the office "joker". One of the episodes showed him flying a female colleague to the Seychelles on a flight simulator in his living room. I wish I could find the video clip.
- thesehands 7y agohttps://youtu.be/cBjpROfzoos?t=14m20s https://youtu.be/cBjpROfzoos?t=14m20s because I both love the fast show and a challenge
- gadders 7y agoThanks! I tried to search myself to no avail. I was hoping if I threw it out there someone would find it :-)
- RankingMember 7y agoI love this. Reminds me of the happy parts of my childhood, though my imaginary excursions were more automotive/train based (with simulated accidents which my passengers did not appreciate).
- dalore 7y agoKidzania in the UK has a donated giant plane for kids to pretend to be pilots and stewards. The parents sit inside as passengers and get served plastic food. It's so cute.
- mr_toad 7y ago> get served plastic food An authentic experience.
- redsparrow 7y agoI stuck to continental trips. I wasn't very good at landing so just drove instead. I had fun plotting the trips and coming back later to fine-tune my direction and finally arrive (never having left the ground...) I don't remember which version it was, but apparently it was one that was flat and without much water.