SEVENTH ALLONGE TO
                             SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

     ALLONGE, dated 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 Interactive Flight Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Payee") in the original principal amount of
$500,000 and in the current principal amount 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:

          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

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          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 Current Market 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 "Current Market Price" means the
          closing bid price 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
          trading day immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

          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.


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     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 Seventh Allonge, shall continue in full force and
effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker and Payee have caused this Seventh Allonge to be
executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.

                                          THE NETWORK CONNECTION INC.

                                          By:
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                                          Accepted and agreed to:

                                          INTERACTIVE FLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                          By:
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