Asti was supposed to doing research, which was a fancy way of saying that was skipping his Thoery of Art class. He found it dull and boring, and Nicky's office was a much bigger lure.
But she wasn't free yet, so he had time to kill. And seeing that it was cold, very cold outside? Wandering the Air and Space Museum seemed a good idea.
Of course between the tourist that barely spoke English pushing around him, and the school kids charging about, there wasn't much the would be actor could see. Except the nose of the Giant Boeing 747.
One of the guides with the school kids was explaining the 'glass cockpit' using words that seemed like things a person said to feel more intelligent.
"This is the radar altimeter," he was saying as Asti moved closer, trying to work around them. "It tells the pilot how far off the ground up to 2500 feet, by reflecting radar beams off the ground. It is far more accurate than the barometeric meters, but the height limitations prevent it from use beyond takeoff and landing. And this screen here is part of a PPI syste...." Asti moved on, glancing back once before trying to dodge a kid and tumbling into a high priced lawyer instead.