Whenever I see the commercial for a popular energy drink that supposedly sends you skyward, I think about a recurring dream I had as a kid, where my sister and I could flap our arms really hard and fly—just out of reach—over the heads of our bewildered parents. The idea of flying through the air has always been so fascinating to me, and millions of other human beings like me! Way back on May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Five years later, Amelia Earhart accomplished a similar feat as the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. These ground-breaking achievements opened up the skies in ways that could not have been imagined before then. Now, almost a century later, trans-Atlantic air travel isn’t just for the imagination. Not only can we enjoy fast and comfortable flights across oceans as passengers, but we can also experience what it’s like to actually pilot an aircraft. You can buy a flight simulator for your home for around $7000… or, if you don’t have that kind of money at your disposal, you can do what I did: download Google Earth’s Flight Simulator! Fly and chat with other “pilots” as you travel to any and every corner of the globe without leaving your time zone OR spending a dime. Best of all, no lost luggage!