Be a pilot It offers a series of benefits that no human being can experience in their lifetime, such as driving the fastest car on the planet. However, it's their job, and only a select few can have more privileges, like being at the controls of a fighter jet.
That's what he did Charles Leclerc thanks to Canal+ Already Air and Space Forcewhich is the French Air Force, since the Monegasque woke up before eight in the morning to take a flight from Nice and go to one of the bases in Saint-Diezer, where he would carry out training specific. Once his private jet landed, he was greeted, before going through medical checks and donning his custom-designed suit, with patches that referenced his nickname 'Lord Perceval'.
After passing the medical examination without problem, he did a simulator session, very common for him because he is used to what he does every week in Maranello, although in a cockpit with many more buttons and even less space. That of Ferrari He had help over the radio, but he did very well in the flight, so he learned what the ejection process looked like if there was a serious problem and how to fly with the parachute and be safe.
None of this would be necessary, and once all instructions were received, it was time to take action and board the fighter with another experienced pilot. From the first moment, although he is used to the high speeds of Formula 1Being on board a fighter plane was totally different and new, and Charles Leclerc was amazed.
They were flying over French airspace, although they had time to pass through Monaco so he could see his childhood home during the three-hour flight. With the sun setting and nightfall, they returned to the Orange base, where he joked that he wanted to eat and sleep because he was very tired from the continuous G-forces, that a day later they exceeded 8G.
Before heading to the hotel, he stopped at a fast food chain to regain his strength, where everyone was amazed to have a star of the Grand Circus dining alongside him. After sleeping, he got on a bus to return to the air base, and this time he made it. controlled the plane without any assistanceeven if the experienced pilot was with him in the event of a breakdown.
Everything went perfectly and Charles Leclerc had an unforgettable day because he was able to get into a machine even faster than his car.
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