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Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 5 (What about Einstein?)

Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 5 (What about Einstein?)

Published on 20. Feb, 2009 ... written by Sunforge.

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Rules: some you observe and others you break. Some rules are sensible and some are there because the lawyers got involved. There is also a minor but very irritating set of rules which are there just to wreck your day. Our next flight was an object lesson in the application of these rules. Now if [...]

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Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 4 (What about Einstein?)

Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 4 (What about Einstein?)

Published on 19. Feb, 2009 ... written by Sunforge.

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I’d like to tell you all about a man called Einstein and why geniuses and spaceships don’t mix. But before I tell you all about that I should tell you that I’m not going to tell you about my first flight. That’s a lot of telling isn’t it? So before I find myself abandoned on [...]

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Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 3

Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 3

Published on 13. Feb, 2009 ... written by Sunforge.

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There are times when you need help and advice from your folks. There are times when you need a shoulder to cry on. Then there are times when your mother calls you up in the middle of the night promising to chain herself to your ship to stop you making the worst mistake in your [...]

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Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 2

Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 2

Published on 12. Feb, 2009 ... written by Sunforge.

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Picture credit: Wotlankor
My dad use to say that it was great to start at the beginning and never be tempted to give up half way through. I began to realise how true that was as I started working in Mondo’s shipyard: I had a ship but no crew and no money to hire them with.
I [...]

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Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 1

Mondo’s Flight Academy – Part 1

Published on 10. Feb, 2009 ... written by Sunforge.

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Picture credit: Wotlankor
I can remember the first time I stopped just looking at the stars and started thinking about travelling to them. I was in my back yard and can’t have been more than seven years old when I saw something bright streak across the sky above me. I ran inside, full of childish excitement [...]

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