Fly By Wire - Neatorama

"Feed the control freak inside with the fastest adventure flight in the world" This "plane" is connected to an overhead suspension point. All I needed to hear is that youâ€™re in charge of the throttle and steering.

This is in New Zealand. I'm sure it wouldn't pass safety and insurance guidelines in the U.S. Too bad.

http://www.flybywire-queenstown.co.nz/

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There was one in Burleson, Texas... south of Fort Worth. It was operational for a couple of years and closed about 6 years ago.
They charged $55 for a ride, and it took several rides to get the hang of operating it.
It was just too expensive to ride, so it finally went out of business.
You could spend all day at Six Flags Over Texas for less than 1 ride on this thing... and have more fun.

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I've tried that while in New Zealand, and it is a lot less exciting than it looks. In fact, it turned out to be pretty boring after a minute or two because unexperienced "pilots" (like me and most others) simply rock back and forth as the steering is difficult.

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They say they are the only one operating in the world on the site.

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According to their site they are.

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I think there was two in new Zealand, but one was closed down after it crashed. I am not sure if the last one is still in operation.

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Alex, again with the bacon... I wish I was able to recomend a good shrink. :)

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As long as she has bacon, Gauldar, I'll be okay with that.

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My brother got these for xmas - they're AWFUL!!!!!

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Bacon lovers are probably afraid of aggressive male sexuality, due to the food's resemblance to a limp, nonfunctional phallus. Either that or, uh, they enjoy the taste of greasy, yummy breakfast meat. I'm not very good at this Freud thing, to be honest.

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Bacon is a wonderful thing, but I would not want to chew it for much longer than it takes to swallow it. So yeah, I wouldn't touch these gumballs with a ten foot pole.

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I went to Archie McPhee's recently and got the bacon jellybeans as I told my friends, "bacon jellybeans are better left imagined than tasted." But the bacon shaped tin is awesome...

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Can you make polls on neatorama? If so we should have one on the best bacon related product.

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I am still confused about the bacon obsession.

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Really? Can we all STOP with the bacon already? I just wrote a blog post about how over bacon I am -- read more of my ranting here: http://randomaccessbabble.com/2009/01/move-over-bacon.html

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Awww, I like in the UK so I can't buy these :'(. Does anyone know any site where I can, or anyway of me getting them? Bacon rocks, and is the best food in the world, I must have these!!

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Awww, I LIVE in the UK so I can’t buy these :’(. Does anyone know any site where I can, or anyway of me getting them? Bacon rocks, and is the best food in the world, I must have these!!

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