Melbourne Flight Experience, Vic

We took another leisurely Sunday journey into the city of Melbourne. A feast of Gnocchi at the Veggie Bar for lunch, a stroll around the city, a visit to the library to witness Ned Kelly’s armour and a chocolate fix at Max Brenner. After getting our buzz of chocolate goodness, we went to achieve today’s objective, taking off into the virtual skies on a flight simulator.
 
After a briefing in the main room, the instructor took us into a replicated cockpit of a Boeing 737-800, running just like you would see if you look in before you take your seat on the plane. The instructor sat me in and explained the main controls of the aircraft. We were placed at JFK International Airport, lined up on the main runway. We set up the aircraft for takeoff and pushed the throttle forward, a pull back of the stick put us into the sky of many pixels. The flight took us over pleasant views of a virtual New York City, circling around the city we lined up to land at LaGuardia Airport. We lined up with the runway and eased the wheels onto the Tarmac. With the instructor happy with the skills, he put me on an airport in Aspen, Colorado, USA, which is notorious for its challenging terrain through mountains and dense weather. Set up for take off again, we virtually took off as hard as possible to lift up over the nearby mountains. Clearing the mountain peaks, we leveled out and flew over the well-known Colorado terrain. After a few turns we were lined up with the runway and had to descend steeply over a large nearby mountain. After the mountain, we straightened up the nose again with the middle of the runway and hit the tarmac nice and firmly.
 
We taxied back to the terminal and shut the engine down, the fasten seatbelt sign is switched off which meant we made it to our destination. I had a ton of fun taking to the virtual skies with an amazing instructor who got me in the air and back on the ground. A massive thank you to Gumby for making this special moment happen, love you babe xxxx