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In the Gossip Columns

We were pleasantly amused to find our flight simulator mentioned in a recent opinion piece from The Age newspaper. We appear in a “guess who’s been seen at…” entry about one third of the way down the article, under the title “Chocks Away.”

While we’re thrilled to be considered a place to see or be seen, we would like to point out, however, that our simulator is a 737 aircraft, not a 747 as mentioned in the article. Getting a 747 into Queenstown airport would be too much of a challenge, even for our instructors.

“Fly into Physics” – The Age Science Section

A page from The Age Science Section

We're in the top right corner

Our simulator was used as a vehicle for demonstrating the physics of flight in The Age newspaper’s “Science Section” lift-out on Sunday, August 16th. Featuring comments from Check Captain Carlo, the article points out how flying the simulator can help put the physics of flight dynamics into practice without leaving the ground.

While the Science Section is typically targeted at the general public, it is also frequently read by a younger audience. The article provides an enjoyable way to apply what a reader might be learning at school to a real world flight environment.

Click here to read the article as it appeared in the paper.

Follow us on Twitter

To help keep you updated with the latest events at Flight Experience Melbourne, our team of instructors have been set up with a Twitter account. You can follow their tweets from the 737-800 simulator by following FlightExpQV where we post notes about any interesting flights our customers have taken, new blog posts and other news we want to quickly tell you about.

We’re planning to display the Twitter feed here on the blog and will also have some special “Twitter Only” deals on flight packages and merchandise, so be sure your Twitter account is following us at FlightExpQV.

Find us in the media

We’ve been in the media a lot, even since before we opened. Here’s some of the places we’ve been mentioned:

April 2009:
There was a discussion thread about Flight Experience on the Sydney Airport Message Board.

August 2008
We were mentioned in the Herald Sun newspaper’s Escape section

June 2008:
The Coxy’s Big Break TV show produced a story on flying our simulator. You can view it on YouTube.

May 2008:
Tourism Victoria posted an article about our simulator in their Pieces of Victoria monthly media bulletin

April 2008:
The Geelong Advertiser wrote an article about us.

March 2008:
We were mentioned in the Inside Retailing newsletter.

February 2008:
Greg Thorn wrote an article about his experience for the Herald Sun newspaper and we were mentioned in the Melbourne Observer (PDF link).

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