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Instead of football, an airplane joystick. Czech schoolchildren learn to pilot giant transport machines

Thirteen-year-old Max sits in the cockpit of an ATR aircraft. He has a cushion under his bottom to reach the controls, and together with fifteen-year-old co-pilot Petr, he flies a circuit over Prague airport. It's not a real flight, but a visit.

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