Fs2004 - Carenado Aircrafts -

Inside the virtual cockpit of that virtual plane sat a younger version of himself. Twenty years younger. The kid had a thick head of hair and wore a faded Aces High t-shirt. He was smiling, his hands on the throttle, ready to take off into the infinite sunset of 2004.

He tried to pause, but the keyboard was dead. The yoke in his hand felt warm. The roar of the virtual Lycoming engine seemed to sync perfectly with the sound of his own blood in his ears. The countdown hit zero. FS2004 - Carenado Aircrafts

The boy looked sad. "You can't stay. You have real oil to change. Real rivets to pop." Inside the virtual cockpit of that virtual plane