Flew a plane!
Not exactly a plane, but I did fly a Skyhawk Discovery jet yesterday. A friend of mine, Duncan Lyall is a flight instructor at a local flying school and he offered to give me a fun first lesson on the Discovery. It so happens every pilot takes his or her first lessons on a Discovery jet. Its a small four seater propeller jet that can be operated from both two front seats(Similar to how car driving schools teach students).
surprisingly, it was very easy to fly it, though I only had the full controls for once in a few minutes, during our hour long ride. With the wind and weather little shaky yesterday, it was scary at times. But I managed to maneuver quite well, I learnt the four basics of flying and infact already logged 1 hour of flying time towards 40 hour need to get a flying license!
It all sounds too simple isnt it? it actually is simple. for the most part, the wind takes care of flight, so it like sitting on top of an eagle, it automatically flies.
I enjoyed it and am daring to take on the next lesson. The owner of the school mistakenly assumed me for someone who would buy a discovery jet and told me I could buy one for less than $200K
The sorry part of the ride was harini got sick mid-air and puked!