Before you power up, read the instructions.

FORBES: Safety

Feet on the brakes, I followed John's instructions to bring the power up to takeoff level, my cue being a computer display on the panel.

FORBES: Jet Pilot for a Day

Finally, in what is probably the best, up-to-date measurement of national economic power, MIPS (millions of instructions per second), the United States share is 48% (Japan is second with 7% and Germany is third with 6%).

CNN: Mission: Peace -- Analysis