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Training over, time to fly: CNN reporter goes supersonic - chairman - 04-30-2013
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Re: Training over, time to fly: CNN reporter goes supersonic - chairman - 04-30-2013
Editor's note: Anna Coren undertook training for this flight, and the flight itself, under the close scrutiny of experienced South Korean Air Force trainers, air crews and medics.
Above Gwangju, South Korea (CNN) -- "I feel the need ... the need for speed!" Those infamous words spoken by Maverick and Goose in the movie "Top Gun" enter my head as I walk across the tarmac to the fighter jet that I will soon fly in.
With my helmet in hand and dressed in a pilot's jumpsuit, I look the part as I prepare for my maiden flight in South Korea's latest fighter jet -- the T-50 jet trainer.
But I'm feeling anxious and slightly nauseous, and for good reason.
The week before, the South Korean Air Force had put me through a rigorous training course at the Aerospace Medical Training Center in North Chungcheong Province. But it wasn't simply a case of a medical check-up and a few tests to make sure I was fit, healthy and good to fly.