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Every little boy has dreams (no not that kind), and mine were often of flying in a military jet. Now I’ve done some daft things in my day, realised many of my dreams, but it’s one dream that has always been allusive, just beyond my reach.

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But it takes 4 things I guess to achieve that dream.

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1 – Opportunity
Not everyday do you come across a willing military official who says “Yeah, sure, come fly with us”. And also, I’m not too sure how open our local Turkish Armed Forces base would be towards tourism of this kind – me thinks “Hayır beyefendi” or “No sir” would be the response, even if they let me get as far as being able to ask!

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2 – Fitness
From what I understand, the level of fitness required to get through the g-force alone that one’s body…

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