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Friday, June 29, 2007 12:00 AM

Ask the Pilot

I take the "flight of a lifetime" on an F-4 Phantom fighter jet and am scared witless. But I'd do it again just to experience six G's.
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, June 28, 2007 08:31 PM

    Its in the Genes

    I don't know why at 56 I stop and look at every plane in the sky just like I did when I was 6 but I do. There is something about the combination of the roar of the engine, the speed and the exhilaration that one must feel (no I've never ridden in a fighter) when you have that much power at your command that gets fighter pilots going when they fly. Of course its dangerous but that is part of it. Patrick you got paid to do that? Where do I sign up?

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