the problem with the 'skyking' stuff is theres no tacit acknowledgement that this was ultimately a comic and pathetic act, if heroic in its own way
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planes are flown by computers now, theres no romanticism to the pilots life or the sky in general, the mechanics of the experience are so well replicated by vidya gaymes that the guy could fly the plane perfectly well
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if you want to make a cult around this guy, who did commit an admirable act of will, you have to treat the event as it actually transpired honestly and with a sense of humor
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