Rainbow is depressed after she is unable to join the Wonderbolts. Her friends get her a ticket to an air show on Earth to cheer her up. She unexpectedly falls in love with jets, and decides that she wants to be a pilot no matter what it takes. She'll need education, training, and more than a little luck.
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I love it, plus my favorite flying team? this is gold
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I've heard the Red Arrows are pretty cool, too. I saw the Thunderbirds once, but it must not have been very impressive because the only thing I remember about the performance was the C-130 JATO.
Yes, I knew the blue angels in less then two sentences.
Holy shit, already?! Wow, you're fast. At least you put the prequels in the description.
You're not done with the other one yet, right?
292436 The thunderbirds are good, but I'm not a big fan of their F-16s. I love F-18s, though
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The Truth is still a chapter or two from being done. A Dream might eventually have a chapter for every episode.
Going to be interesting to see her try to fly a Cessna with no fingers...
Oh God, a Cub? I think a 150 would be cheaper due to the fact a Cub is an antique.
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You talking about the Blue Angels? They have the C-130T JATO, the Thunderbirds only have F-16's.
Nice story by the way, looking forward to the next chapter.
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I remember that it was a grey-painted C-130, and it was an Air Force show.
Also, Fat Albert doesn't JATO any more. They used up all the old rockets in 2009.
OK, now that I actually read the thing, it has passed my expectations. I actually find this quite humorous, with all the papers and citizenship, etc.
Also,
After all, she could knew the Princesses of Equestria existed.
What?
And a Cessna 172 would probably be more likely. Cubs are cool, due to their antiquity, but antiquity. You might as well have let RD fly a Tiger Moth. Anyways, looking forward to which ever you update.
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I kinda said that.
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Oops! Let me fix that spelling!
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Well now it's emphasized.
Plus it's kinda annoying to read, figure out a thought, then be away from the computer to do something, and come back seeing someone's said it already. So, yeah.
Rainbow Dash? A Navy pilot? Now that's interesting.
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That sucks, seeing a plane as big as that go 45 degrees up was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen
You know, something they could do to get phones to Equestria is this: They could use the old phone lines that were constructed when Equestria was part of Utah in 1957, but redo the entire span! The reason you can't get into Equestria from Utah is this, though: In 1970, the United States blocked off trade with them because of their revolution in 1963 and their relations with Cuba and Russia, although cars were illegally driven into the country until 1982, when Celestia herself created a magical barrier to keep out the illegal car carriers. Gaps in it began to form though, enter your stories....
This looks like it'll be a fun series to read, definatly watching.
Nitpick alert:
Unless they've changed policy the Blue Angels are forbidden from head to head passes. Sorry, just wanted to get that little factoid out of the way... GO SNOWBIRDS!!
:Edit:
Nope, Thunderbirds are/were the ones who can't go nose to nose.
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Thanks for the shout out.
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I actually based my description of the air show on videos I found on their website. I don't know what the policy was during the time when this story is set.
If you want some advice, ever tried Flight Simulator X? it's a basic yet full-time simulator published by Microsoft. You could learn flight basics there. Then if you can't afford the time to try it, you can always watch the mission or gameplay videos in youtube. To tell you, the first mission of FSX was landing a Cessna, the next was flying a Piper Cub. You might want to check it out.
But perhaps the other most important thing to flying is navigation. In FSX, you need to always look on your instruments once in a while. I believe it's called a 'scan'.
By the way, will you include combat training in this fanfic?
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Sure, if I can find a somebody to tell me what it's like
You know one of the most boring duty stations I had in the Marines? Guard duty at Annapolis lord that was dull.
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To ellaborate we couldn't interact with the students.
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Here's a sample of what training portion in FSX is like.
Here's the first mission.
Here's a snippet of the second mission.
you might want to be interested in this. A video about A-10s in FSX.
Oh and regarding combat simulated exercise, I found this animation video that I quite very much like
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I passed by there one day. A bell rang and a swarm of black-clad mids crossed campus. Another bell rang and they were all gone. Then I laughed.
If you need any help from an RAAF Brony, let me know, I have air traffic and air defence control experiance that you may need later on
you update fast. i thought this was a nice filler chapter were we got to know what become of the other five. a little brief, but it will do.
i find it hard to imagine rainbow as very responsible student. what a little motivation can do to ponies lol.
looking forward to whatever you got. i'm a sucker for airplanes .
I'm not surprised. The FAA would do that.
Another chapter? awesome
Not allowed to fly because she might get hit by a Cessna? How low are they flying? I'm pretty sure there's a flight floor which you're not suppose to fly under. Under 200ft should be pretty much safe.
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Well, from what I can see of the satellite maps, the airport is less than 1/4 mile from some campus buildings. It's pretty close for a glide slope.
Of course, we could just hand-wave and say that it's an FAA rule.
ok, THAT was total badassery rght there.
Also, "So Help Me Celestia." Fitting, effective, and true to her roots, using her beloved Princess instead of God.
Great
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God, Allah, Yahweh, Celestia, what's the difference?
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Simple.
Celestia is huggably Adowabubble! That's what!
Dude this chapter was awesome, and for me, really, really funny.
You should use that picture of RD saluting with the US flag in the background. Serously.
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That came to mind, but truthfully I would prefer to use original art, either created by me or someone else specifically for the story.
What's so funny? Been there, done that? If so, I could really use your input.
If you still need information on the aircraft you're going to use, just PM me and I'll get you any information you need
By the way, awesome new chapter!
Just out of curiosity, will any chapters take place in 2001?
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No. I'm not touching that with a 32 1/2 foot pole, although I suppose the stuff set afterwards will have to make some referece.
now i can't wait for some high-flying jet action .
Alright, just a normal chapter telling events over a long period of time. Still good.
So, I'm guessing the current year is now 2001... So how far are you going to skip ahead now?
2001, I wonder if the introduction of ponies has changed the time line enough to avoid a certain historical event.
1999 plus another two years? wow. I take it that the Clinton presidency is over. And I suppose Rainbow Dash and friends are considerably older now. It's been more than ten years since their the first encounter with humans, after all. Perhaps my only suggestion is if you could add more lines for Rainbow Dash. I'd like to read her reactions on her training. Other than that, i'm fine. I guess the next chapter is where the action starts.
The art of terror was simple: if you can’t defeat an enemy one-on-one, then attempt to scare him to death.
That line is very good. I am going to save it, may be useful in the future.
Nah, Lyra would jump on being the first spacepony.
Great ending to great story, this really made my day
Keep it!
I don't really think Dash would have not dropped the bomb. She's the element of Loyalty. Her word of honor should be one of the strongest points of her character. I think this scene played out well according to her character.
SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!