One of the Boys (2005)
“Foam cups and scattered manuals littered the polished surface of the large rectangular table. Jake stayed in his seat long after the last uniformed officer left. He wanted to run the videotapes again.
Although his hands were steady and his adrenaline had long since stopped surging, the near miss still occupied every corner of his mind. He was torn between exhilaration at having brought his aircraft back despite the odds, a wrenching disappointment that the test had failed and a nagging uncertainty over the cause of the failure.
He’d been in the business long enough to know the risks associated with every test of a modified system. Still, after all they’d learned from the first attempts on the F-15, he’d been confident they’d get a clean release on the Stealth.
Pressing the hand control that governed the projectors, Jake brought the room lights down and ran the tapes again. He didn’t move a muscle as he watched the missile take off part of his aircraft’s tail rudder, but the blood bega...n to drum in his ears.MoreLess
Although his hands were steady and his adrenaline had long since stopped surging, the near miss still occupied every corner of his mind. He was torn between exhilaration at having brought his aircraft back despite the odds, a wrenching disappointment that the test had failed and a nagging uncertainty over the cause of the failure.
He’d been in the business long enough to know the risks associated with every test of a modified system. Still, after all they’d learned from the first attempts on the F-15, he’d been confident they’d get a clean release on the Stealth.
Pressing the hand control that governed the projectors, Jake brought the room lights down and ran the tapes again. He didn’t move a muscle as he watched the missile take off part of his aircraft’s tail rudder, but the blood bega...n to drum in his ears.MoreLess
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