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Skywatcher68 wrote:At this point, Sali only has an offer. I'm guessing she is either seeing Sali won't actually make the team or does make the team and it occupies her free time to the point of putting a severe damper on their relationship.

Oh, it's much worse than that.

She's Seeing that Atsali is definitely going to make the team.

She's Seeing that Atsali will want her to come to all of the matches with other schools' teams, both "home" and "away".

She's Seeing that she'll do so, to support Atsali and help keep their relationship alive and healthy.

She's Seeing herself listening to the school band play the Flight Team theme song "Free Bird".

Badly. Flatly. Every. Single. Time.

I mean, really... these para kids are a great bunch, powerful and varied... but when it comes to human music they're a regular Portsmouth Sinfonia.

She is Seeing Hell itself, waiting for her.

Catawampus wrote:I wonder where the school does its flight team practice and events? It's not really something that you could do indoors unless you have a really spacious facility, and having the kids buzzing around over Minneapolis probably wouldn't be the best idea. Perhaps a stadium on some isolated island, with an overwatch of sharp-eyed flying critters keeping alert for approaching boats and some teams of mermaids patrolling around for any submarines.
And it's fun to give kids aneurysms. It's good for them: the cerebral haemorrhaging helps relieve mental pressure and reduces hormone levels in the blood.

The whole concept of a "flight team" just brings up soooo many questions.

First, there's no point in having a team unless there are other teams to compete against. So are there other para schools out there? There's obviously one out east (where Cricket came from). And one out west (where the twins came from). But how many more are there? Are there enough to justify having an intramural league of flying teams? And with the addition of extra para schools here, there, and everywhere, the whole base idea--that the whole para parallel world being hidden from the general populace to the point where it is considered ludicrous fantasy--becomes harder and harder to countenance.

I suppose this is no different than the Harry Potter universe, where if you take too close a look at it, the whole thing falls apart, so stop asking hard questions and just lay back and enjoy the ride.

Thor wrote:First, there's no point in having a team unless there are other teams to compete against.

Not necessarily. The Blue Angels don't compete. Granted, I cannot think of any school teams that do not.

Skywatcher68 wrote:

oldmanmickey wrote:Nadette's reaction makes me wonder if she has seen something in her visions about this.

Jabberwonky wrote:Yeah, her eyes in the second panel look like she's visioning...

At this point, Sali only has an offer. I'm guessing she is either seeing Sali won't actually make the team or does make the team and it occupies her free time to the point of putting a severe damper on their relationship.

We've seen her in flight team uniform in a pinup.

AmriloJim wrote:

Thor wrote:First, there's no point in having a team unless there are other teams to compete against.

Not necessarily. The Blue Angels don't compete. Granted, I cannot think of any school teams that do not.

Cheerleaders don't. Yes, they might have a single event of some sort, but mostly they are mostly an exhibition team.

AnotherFairportfan wrote:We've seen her in flight team uniform in a pinup.

Not all of us.

jeffepp wrote:

AmriloJim wrote:

Thor wrote:First, there's no point in having a team unless there are other teams to compete against.

Not necessarily. The Blue Angels don't compete. Granted, I cannot think of any school teams that do not.

Cheerleaders don't. Yes, they might have a single event of some sort, but mostly they are mostly an exhibition team.

Drill teams

Skywatcher68 wrote:

AnotherFairportfan wrote:We've seen her in flight team uniform in a pinup.

Not all of us.

Now you have.

I didn't read everyone's posts, so someone may have mentioned this already.

Aren't those massive breasts of hers going to affect her aerodynamics a bit?

MA Dance, Plano TX conducts drill team camps and competitions on a regional and national level. Not a school-sanctioned program, but notable.

Thor wrote:First, there's no point in having a team unless there are other teams to compete against.

AmriloJim wrote:Not necessarily. The Blue Angels don't compete. Granted, I cannot think of any school teams that do not.

jeffepp wrote:Cheerleaders don't. Yes, they might have a single event of some sort, but mostly they are mostly an exhibition team.

AnotherFairportfan wrote:Drill teams

Exactly.

Though it's worth noting that drill teams originally came from military drill competitions . . . Look up a good team performing The Queen Anne Drill for an example.

They have since evolved away from the competition aspect, however.

--FreeFlier

Alkarii wrote:I didn't read everyone's posts, so someone may have mentioned this already.

Aren't those massive breasts of hers going to affect her aerodynamics a bit?

She uses them to steer, kinda like dive brakes... that's why Nadette's freaking out- SHE is the one who will have to operate the 'dive brakes', and she's afraid of heights.

Dance squads are a big thing up here in my neck of the woods. There's at least two competing dance studios that go to national events in Orlando and other places, and our HS has a dance team that competes in events with other teams - a bit like a "Battle of the Bands" thing.

Alkarii wrote:I didn't read everyone's posts, so someone may have mentioned this already.

Aren't those massive breasts of hers going to affect her aerodynamics a bit?

Not necessarily; Given that she has a Wasp Waist, so to speak in the middle, w/a bit of expansion in the hips and calves- I'm thinking those breasts of hers aren't the brick walls to a smooth flight like they might seem. (It might help to consider the missiles you've seen with a larger diameter payload section up on top but the lifting body is smaller around.)

TazManiac wrote:

Alkarii wrote:I didn't read everyone's posts, so someone may have mentioned this already.

Aren't those massive breasts of hers going to affect her aerodynamics a bit?

Not necessarily; Given that she has a Wasp Waist, so to speak in the middle, w/a bit of expansion in the hips and calves- I'm thinking those breasts of hers aren't the brick walls to a smooth flight like they might seem. (It might help to consider the missiles you've seen with a larger diameter payload section up on top but the lifting body is smaller around.)

Hmmm . . .

Area rule . . .

. . .

Atsali is supersonic?

/flrrd/

--FreeFlier

Well, at certain speeds she's certainly going to develop contrails under her ribcage...

TazManiac wrote:Well, at certain speeds she's certainly going to develop contrails under her ribcage...

Flutter due to turbulent airflow could be painful...

Hansontoons wrote:

TazManiac wrote:Well, at certain speeds she's certainly going to develop contrails under her ribcage...

Flutter due to turbulent airflow could be painful...

... or arousing...

Sgt. Howard wrote:

Hansontoons wrote:

TazManiac wrote:Well, at certain speeds she's certainly going to develop contrails under her ribcage...

Flutter due to turbulent airflow could be painful...

... or arousing...

Much depends on frequency and the energy levels reached.

--FreeFlier