Sim Flight KL – An Awesome Flight Experience

I was so happy to get the chance ‘flying’ an Airbus A320.

Last Tuesday, I went to the SimFlight KL at the SkyPark Subang Terminal.

Over there, we can experience piloting an Airbus A320 in a fully equipped cockpit, as if we are really flying a real plane from one airport to another.

Before we started, a pilot instructor gave us a briefing about the controls and other important stuff on how to take off, flying and landing the plane.

I didn’t ended well though, for I can’t control my plane after I landed, which sent the plane off the runway.

But the pilot said that I did quite well because I did not crash the plane, as that was my first experience.

The best pilot among my siblings was my eldest sister, Kaman who landed smoothly on the runway although she took off on the grass because she can’t control her plane at that time.

So she was rewarded with an extra time and she was challenged to land on the Kai Tak Airport.

She nearly landed into the water but luckily she managed to stop the plane before it reached the end of the runway.

She did hit some buildings on the way to the airport, though.

It was fun and I guess the experience was worth the money my father paid for us to be there.

At the Pilot Shop, Level 1, Skypark Subang Terminal.

The pilot is briefing me on how to fly the Airbus A320.

I sat on the captain’s seat which is on the left while the pilot sat on the co-pilot seat.

I was busy controlling the plane.

It was like being a real pilot.

I was so happy to get the chance ‘flying’ an Airbus A320.

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World’s Largest Lego Sculpture: A Life-Size X-Wing Fighter (Photos)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

Thousands of people gathered in New York City’s Times Square on May 22 to watch the unveiling of the world’s largest LEGO model, a 1:1 replica of the LEGO Star Wars X-wing Starfighter.

It took 32 model builders, 5.3 million LEGO bricks and over 17,000 hours to complete the life-size X-wing fighter.

The X-wing fighter stands at 11 feet tall, with a wingspan of 43 feet and weighing nearly 46,000 pounds.

The engines have lights and speakers, and so they light up and cycle through a pre-programmed series of launch and battle sounds.

LEGO even has the droid, the cute R2-D2 built for the project.

R2-D2. (Photo by Dan Bracaglia credit to POPSCI)

The X-wing is strong enough for a person to sit in the cockpit or perch atop one of the engines and the designers use computer to plan an intricate steel infrastructure that will ensure the X-wing won’t shatter in an earthquake.

After its time in New York City, the X-wing will travel to Legoland in California.

The life-size X-wing fighter is really awesome and I think LEGO made X-wing to promote this coming Star Wars movie.

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Thousands gather in New York City’s Times Square to watch the unveiling of the world’s largest LEGO Model, a 1:1 replica of the LEGO Star Wars X-wing Starfighter that took 32 Model Builders, 5.3 million LEGO bricks and over 17,000 hours to complete, Thursday May 23, 2013. (Amy Sussman/AP Images for The LEGO Group)

LEGO Master Builder Erik Varszegi and members of the 501st inspect the thrusters of the largest LEGO model ever built, an X-wing Starfighter made from 5.3 million LEGO bricks, upon its reveal in New York City’s Times Square, Thursday May 23, 2013. (Amy Sussman/ AP Images for the Lego Group)

The world’s largest Lego modelled after the Star Wars X-wing starfighter is seen at Times Square after being unveiled in New York May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY)

The world’s largest Lego modelled after the Star Wars X-wing starfighter is seen at Times Square after being unveiled in New York May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY)

People look at a video billboard during the unveiling of the world’s largest Lego modelled after the Star Wars X-wing starfighter at Times Square in New York May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY)

The world’s largest Lego modelled after the Star Wars X-wing starfighter is seen in Times Square after being unveiled in New York May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

The cute R2-D2 in the X-wing fighter. (Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)

(Photo by Dan Bracaglia, credit to POPSCI)