My Favorite Memory: The Flight Path Learning Center

[Mom Sez:  Alex wrote this as a Christmas present for his dad, who requested oral histories and written memories as gifts from family members this past holiday season.  The visit recounted here was a field trip his class took last fall.]

We got in and thought, “Whoa, this is so unstable!” And I was like falling, and I fell into a couch.  For some reason, the DC3 had couches and no seatbelts.  And it was cuckoo because the whole plane was first class.  And there were chairs and a table and there were two revolving chairs and also two couches.  We went in the cab and for some reason the door was white and tufted — it looked very pretty and it was soft.  It looked much better than the junker at the Zimmer [Children’s Museum], since it was a passenger plane — it had thousands of buttons and controls.  What was strange was that the bathroom door was open and it was weird — there was still toilet paper on the roll!  And then when I got outside, I realized it had four engines even though it could hold only 26 passengers.  And I saw in the luggage it could only hold like 34 something baggages and a lot of them were round baggages like bomb packages.  And then when I got back inside the theater room of the Flight Path Learning Center, the same round luggage was in there.  It was so great, that time.

A Very Great Game that I Like: TU-95

TU-95 is my favorite game today.  The fun about it is that you can fly your airplane and get a real flying experience.  I am only on the second level, where you have to air-to-air refuel another plane.  The first level you can just take off and land at the next airport.  And that is very hard.  I just completed level one today.

You do not get to choose anything about your plane.  The controls may be a bit fancy, but you’ll get the hang of it.  The “up” arrow key gives you speed. To start going up when you’re on the ground, press the left arrow.  Hint:  hold down the “up” arrow key to prevent crashing.  While flying it is a good idea to press “G” to retract your landing gear.  When you are about to land, always remember to put your landing gear down.  Landing may be hard.  You may take more space than the runway, but you’ll still succeed.  Your flaps start on takeoff.  When you are comfortable while flying, put your flaps on “normal.”  When landing, put your landing gear on “landing.”  Press “F” to do this.  If your landing gear snaps off, then you’ll have to press “H” to parachute out of your plane.

What I really like about this game is that I like flying any kind of airplane or helicopter.  What I don’t like about the game is that on level 2, the friendly plane that you’re trying to refuel is very fast (faster than you), and it’s at a height that’s takes two minutes to reach…and by then it would be out of fuel.  Your object is always to at least take off, do a special task in the air (by pressing “space”), and then you just land.

If you would like, you can play this game at http://www.freeonlinegames.com/game/tu-95.html

On a scale of 10, this game is a 10.  It totally rocks!

Game Review #4: Will it Fly?

Will it Fly? is sort of a puzzle game.  You have to decide how many passengers and cargo boxes to put in your plane.  You should put in as much as you can, but you don’t want to go too low.  There are obstacles in front of you and you don’t want to crash into it.  You do not steer the plane.  The passengers weigh more than the cargo, so always try to fit in more passengers — you want more weight in plane, but you want to go high enough or low enough.

There are also tail winds that can make you go too fast, so you can’t take off.  Head winds are very good.  They bring you to a good speed to take off.  On each level, there is a certain head wind or tail wind.  There are two modes to choose from:  basic and advanced.  The hardest level is the last level — you’re taking off from a carrier ship.  But the good part is that you’re always taking off with a lightweight Cessna (you don’t get to choose your plane).  In all, the game is very good, but I have crashed a bit.  If you want to play this game, it’s at   http://www.freeonlinegames.com/game/will-it-fly-.html

Today’s Favorite Game: Flash Flight Simulator

My favorite online computer game is Flash Flight Simulator.  Because I like computer games where you have to fly a helicopter or airplane.  There’s two modes: Missile Evasion or Free Flight.  My favorite is Free Flight because you can just fly around.  Missile Evasion is not my favorite because there are only three modes to choose from.  The options are Normal Missile Evasion, 1903 Missile Evasion and Low Altitude Missile Evasion.  In Free Flight, you can choose one from 20 planes (the one in the picture is a Boeing 737)  and just free fly .

I like to fly because…actually, I don’t know why I like to.  In this game, I like that you can actually choose the kind of plane you want, but the downside is that for two of the Miscellaneous planes you can only buy them with Mochi coins, and I’m not signed up for those.  And in real life money it costs $50 to get both of those. The only Miscellaneous plane you can use without coins is the Wright Flyer, which is the Wright Brothers’ plane. My favorite plane in the game is the 587 Blackbird US – it’s supersonic and it’s very easy to evade missiles with because you’re faster than the missiles.  If you’d like to play the game, you can find it at: http://www.bigfuntown.com/Game-1775.html

My first post

I’m Alex and this is my new blog. In this blog I’m going to write about what’s going on. Tonight I’m looking at a model airplane catalog.  They want $29.99 for a two-propellor plane.  I would have to do 30 loads of laundry to make that much money. And there’s nothing cheaper in the catalog.  Well, maybe there is, but only accessories, not an actual toy.  How am I going to do all that laundry????!!!!!!