So realistic is simulator training that airline crews are sometimes qualified on a new aircraft in a simulator prior to ever flying the aircraft itself.
The very next day his space venture, Blue Origin, delivered its first ever flying vehicle to the Museum of Flight in Seattle for a long-term loan.Blue Origin was incorporated in 2000 and came to the world's attention in 2003, when Mr Bezos acquired land in Texas for his own private launch site.
The fact that the buyers signed the contracts without ever flying to Miami to see the building -- Opera Tower -- speaks volumes about how eager, and desperate, Argentines have been to direct their money out of their country and into real estate in Miami and New York.
A sushi chain has incorporated the world's first ever flying restaurant trays, using RC drone quadcopters to deliver dishes right to your table.
"If a person feels that it's safe to disclose, and that they'll have an opportunity to get help -- that there won't automatically be adverse consequences like being prohibited from ever flying again -- then they're going to be more likely to disclose [a mental illness]," said Honberg.
Thor Pederson is more than halfway through an effort to set foot in every country in the world without ever flying, and that means he has no choice but to arrange for himself to be shipped from continent to continent like a pallet of discount office supplies.
