Wings of War (2014)
“Horst tells me. “If you break your neck, your father will be angered at me.” I am sitting in Bertha 7 at one end of Horst’s field. The building, the testing, the adjusting, the practicing—all these are over. I’m sixteen, and I’m about to fly an aeroplane on my own for the first time.
My heart is thumping like a steam hammer. I’m scared and excited at the same time. The multitude of wires holding Bertha together make me feel as if I’m in the center of a web, but am I the spider or the fly? Am I ...in control or am I trapped?
“Remember your axes, Edward,” Horst says seriously, forcing me to concentrate. “You have three of them going through you—one up and down, one side to side, and one forward and back. Forget left and right. You control only the spin of yourself and the plane around each of those three axes. You are not the pilot of the plane—you are part of the plane. I have told you this many times. Imagine the axes are running through your body, head to toe, elbow to elbow, spine to belly button.MoreLess
My heart is thumping like a steam hammer. I’m scared and excited at the same time. The multitude of wires holding Bertha together make me feel as if I’m in the center of a web, but am I the spider or the fly? Am I ...in control or am I trapped?
“Remember your axes, Edward,” Horst says seriously, forcing me to concentrate. “You have three of them going through you—one up and down, one side to side, and one forward and back. Forget left and right. You control only the spin of yourself and the plane around each of those three axes. You are not the pilot of the plane—you are part of the plane. I have told you this many times. Imagine the axes are running through your body, head to toe, elbow to elbow, spine to belly button.MoreLess
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