Something I always wanted to do

We all have a childhood dream and more often than not, these dreams are far too wild and outrageous to achieve. Some people are actually lucky enough to achieve theirs. I'll be honest with you. Working in an office or laboratory and playing around with science is not my actual goal. But due to a lot of practical realizations, it turned out to be the next best thing. When I was a child, I always wanted to be an aircraft pilot. But not just any pilot - a fighter pilot. Civilian aircraft pilots have too much responsibilities that I don't want to handle like taking care of live cargo, which we often refer to as human passengers. Fighter pilots, however, handle jets that are small, highly maneuverable and, best of all, insanely fast. When you fly, there is only the heavens above you and the earth below you. The sky is practically your own playground. Because of the vast space the sky offers, you can go breaking sound barriers and do sharp dives, climbs and rolls.

But despite all the adrenaline rush, flying has its own hazards mainly plunging towards the earth and crashing. This is why I resort to the next best thing - playing flight simulator games. With the arrival of supercomputers and sophisticated software, simulated flight becomes as good as the real thing. The only difference is that there is no risk of crashing and you can redo your flights as often as you like.

We all have a childhood dream. What's yours?