AMENDED AND RESTATED
                   SEVENTH ALLONGE TO SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE


     WHEREAS,  the parties entered into a Seventh Allonge to Secured  Promissory
Note dated  August  24,  1999,  attached  to and  forming a part of the  Secured
Promissory Note, dated January 26, 1999, made by THE NETWORK CONNECTION, INC., a
Georgia  corporation  ("MAKER"),  payable  to the  order of  Interactive  Flight
Technologies,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation,  now known as Global Technologies,
Ltd.  ("PAYEE"),  in  the  original  principal  amount  of  $500,000  and in the
principal amount as of the date hereof of $3,122,757.

     WHEREAS,  the Seventh  Allonge  contained an inaccurate  description of the
conversion calculation set forth in Paragraph 16;

     WHEREAS,  the parties now wish to amend and restate the Seventh  Allonge to
correctly reflect the intent of the parties;

     NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree that the Seventh Allonge is hereby amended
and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

     ALLONGE,  dated effective as of August 24, 1999,  attached to and forming a
part of the Secured  Promissory  Note, dated January 26, 1999, as amended by the
Allonge to Secured Promissory Note dated January 29, 1999, the Second Allonge to
Secured  Promissory  Note dated  March 19,  1999,  the Third  Allonge to Secured
Promissory  Note dated March 24, 1999, the Fourth Allonge to Secured  Promissory
Note dated May 10, 1999, the Fifth Allonge to Secured Promissory Note dated July
16, 1999, and the Sixth Allonge to Secured  Promissory Note dated August 9, 1999
(collectively,  the  "NOTE"),  made by THE NETWORK  CONNECTION,  INC., a Georgia
corporation  ("MAKER"),  payable to the order of GLOBAL  TECHNOLOGIES,  LTD.,  a
Delaware corporation ("PAYEE"), in the original principal amount of $500,000 and
in the principal amount as of the date hereof of $3,122,757.

     1. In  consideration  of the  payment  by Payee of certain  obligations  of
Maker,  the principal  amount of the Note is hereby increased by One Million Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars  ($1,200,000) to Four Million Three Hundred  Twenty-Two
Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Seven Dollars ($4,322,757).  Accordingly, the first
paragraph of the Note is hereby amended as follows:
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     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned,  The Network connection,  Inc., a
     Georgia corporation (the "MAKER"), hereby promises to pay to the order
     of Interactive Flight Technologies,  Inc., a Delaware corporation, its
     successors  and  assigns  (the  "PAYEE"),  the  principal  sum of Four
     Million Three Hundred  Twenty-Two  Thousand Seven Hundred  Fifty-Seven
     Dollars  ($4,322,757),  together  with  interest  on  the  outstanding
     principal  balance  thereof  accrued from the date hereof:  (a) at the
     fixed rate of 9.5% per annum in respect of all periods during which no
     Event of Default (as such term is hereinafter  defined) is continuing;
     and (b) at the fixed rate of 12.5% in respect  of all  periods  during
     which any Event of Default is  continuing.  All  payments of principal
     and/or  interest shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of
     America in  immediately  available  funds to an account  designated by
     Payee.

     2. Paragraph 16 is hereby amended and restated in full to read as follows:

          16. CONVERSION RIGHTS.  Payee shall be entitled,  at any time and from
     time to time and in its sole discretion, to convert all or a portion of the
     principal  amount and accrued  interest  due under this Note into shares of
     the Maker's Series C 8% Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, Stated
     Value $1,000 per share (the "PREFERRED  STOCK") or, at the option of Payee,
     into the Maker's  Common Stock (the "COMMON  STOCK").  Any such  conversion
     into  Preferred  Stock  shall  be  effected  at the  rate of one  share  of
     Preferred  Stock for each $1,000 due  hereunder  which Payee has elected to
     convert  (the  "CONVERSION  RATE").  If Payee  elects to  convert  all or a
     portion of the  principal  amount and accrued  interest due under this Note
     directly into the Common Stock,  the number of shares to be issued shall be
     calculated  as if such amount had first been  converted to Preferred  Stock
     hereunder  (calculated  without regard to any  insufficiency  of authorized
     shares of Preferred  Stock) and such  resulting  shares of Preferred  Stock
     had, in turn,  immediately  been  converted to Common Stock at a conversion
     price per share equal to the lowest of (a) $1.50, (b) 66.67% of the Average
     Price (as hereafter  defined),  (c) the price per share at which the Maker,
     after the date of this Allonge,  issues and sells any Common Stock,  or (d)
     where coupled with the right of the purchaser(s) thereof to demand that the
     Corporation  register  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 any Common Shares
     (not  theretofore  registered)  for which any  warrants  or options  may be
     exercised or any convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities may be
     converted,  exercised  or  exchanged,  (i) the  exercise  price of any such
     warrants or options issued by the Maker after the date of this Allonge,  or
     (ii) the conversion rate, exchange rate or exercise price, respectively, of
     any such  convertible,  exchangeable or exercisable  security issued by the
     Maker after the date of this Allonge, except for stock option agreements or
     stock incentive  agreements  issued pursuant to employee benefit plans. For
     purposes of this Paragraph 16, the term "Average Price" per share of Common
     Stock means the average of the closing bid prices as reported on the Nasdaq
     Stock  Market (or if not then traded on such  market,  on such  exchange or
     quotation  system where such shares are then traded) for the lowest five of
     the twenty trading days immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

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     Payee may elect to convert by delivering to Maker, by facsimile, telecopier
     or other expedient means of  transmission,  a notice of conversion  stating
     (i) the principal amount and/or accrued interest to be converted,  (ii) the
     number  of  shares of  Preferred  Stock or  Common  Stock to be issued as a
     result  of such  conversion;  and  (iii) the  person(s)  in whose  name the
     Preferred  Stock or Common  Stock is to be issued.  The  conversion  of any
     portion  of this Note and the  resulting  issuance  of  Preferred  Stock or
     Common  Stock  shall be  effective  upon the date that Maker  receives  the
     corresponding notice of conversion, and Maker shall deliver to Payee one or
     more certificates  evidencing such shares no later than five days following
     such effective date. Upon a conversion of all amounts due hereunder,  Payee
     shall deliver the original Note (including all Allonges), marked "PAID," to
     Maker no later  than  five  days  following  the  delivery  to Maker of the
     conversion  notice.  In the event of a conversion  of less than all amounts
     due  hereunder,  (A) no  principal  amount  under the Note  shall be deemed
     converted  unless and until all  accrued  interest  under the Note shall be
     first converted;  and (B) the portion of the amounts due hereunder that are
     so converted  shall be deemed  repaid.  The parties  shall mark on the grid
     attached  to the Fourth  Allonge to Secured  Promissory  Note dated May 10,
     1999 the facts  related to such partial  conversion  and shall  confirm the
     accuracy of the entry by signing next to each such entry.

     3. Any agreement to subordinate, or any subordination,  of the indebtedness
represented  by the Note to bank or  finance  company  indebtedness,  which  may
heretofore have been given by Payee, is null and void and of no force or effect.
Maker  represents and warrants to Payee that since execution of the Note,  Payee
retains a first priority security interest in the Collateral granted by Maker to
Payee  pursuant to that certain  Security  Agreement  dated  January 25, 1999 as
amended,  ("SECURITY  AGREEMENT").  The Maker's  obligations  under the Note, as
amended  hereby,  shall be and are deemed to be secured  by the  Collateral  and
subject to the terms of the Security  Agreement,  all of which are confirmed and
ratified  as of the date  hereof,  including,  but not  limited  to,  all of the
representations, warranties and covenants therein.

     4. In all other  respects,  the Note is confirmed,  ratified,  and approved
and, as amended by this Amended and Restated Seventh Allonge,  shall continue in
full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  Maker and Payee have caused this Amended and Restated
Seventh Allonge to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized
officers on this 10th day of December,  1999,  to be effective as of the day and
year first above written.

                                    THE NETWORK CONNECTION INC.


                                    By: /s/ Morris C. Aaron
                                        -------------------------
                                        Morris C. Aaron

                                    Accepted and agreed to:

                                    GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.


                                    By: /s/ Irwin L. Gross
                                        -------------------------
                                        Irwin L. Gross