couldn't make this up (aviation news)

[Gus1996]

me: tries to write a story about a child who boarded the wrong airplane ...

also me 7 months later watching the TV: "Yesterday a 9 y.o. child successfully boarded an airplane without any documents and flew across the country (1700 miles)"

for those that don't believe it: https://mentourpilot.com/9-year-old-...unnoticed-how/

I guess I now know where to search more details to add to my story ...

[FuzzyEars]

Originally Posted by Gus1996

me: tries to write a story about a child who boarded the wrong airplane ...

also me 7 months later watching the TV: "Yesterday a 9 y.o. child successfully boarded an airplane without any documents and flew across the country (1700 miles)"

for those that don't believe it: https://mentourpilot.com/9-year-old-...unnoticed-how/

I guess I now know where to search more details to add to my story ...

As Mark Twain (is claimed to have) said, "truth is always stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities". When we write we always have to ask ourselves, "Will the reader buy this?" While reality just goes and does whatever it pleases.


Also, that's one smart nine year old. While I roll my eyes at people who complain about children in stories not acting like mature adults who have fully contemplated the consequences of their actions, after all how many adults seem to actually do that; I also roll my eyes at people who complain about children in stories not acting like complete idiots. They may not have the experience yet to be worried about the consequences of an action but that doens't mean they aren't capable of figuring out how to do something they really want to do.