The 22nd Secret (131 page)

“
Fu
c
k,
”
y
e
l
l
e
d one
o
f the
men.

“
Son of a b
i
tch,
”
y
e
l
l
e
d t
h
e
othe
r
.
Th
e
y
pop
p
e
d th
e
ir h
ea
ds up a
mo
m
e
nt
l
a
t
e
r to s
e
e
the plane
a
s
c
e
nding
d
u
e
w
e
s
t
, just
p
a
st
t
he f
a
r sho
re
.

“
I
b
e
t
t
h
a
t w
a
s o
n
e
h
e
ll
o
f a
r
ide
.
”

P
a
m
g
a
p
e
d
a
t
t
he
p
r
is
t
ine
sno
w
y
land
s
ca
pe
unspo
o
l
i
ng
b
e
f
o
re
h
e
r.
E
v
e
n th
o
u
g
h the
s
ea
t b
e
lt
a
nd should
e
r h
a
r
n
e
ss
h
e
ld
h
e
r
pinned to the s
e
a
t
, she h
ea
v
e
d with e
x
c
i
t
e
ment.

“
Do it
a
g
a
i
n
. Do som
e
th
i
ng
e
ls
e
.
W
h
a
t a
rush.”

J
i
m put
the pl
a
ne
throu
g
h
a
number
of
r
ol
l
s and
loops
a
s he
f
ol
l
ow
e
d his fl
i
g
ht p
l
a
n h
ea
di
n
g
due
w
e
s
t
. He
fo
l
low
e
d
B
i
g
B
e
a
r R
i
v
e
r to
the
c
o
a
s
t
, then no
r
th
a
lo
n
g
the
c
o
a
s
t
l
i
ne
to An
c
horag
e
. A
f
t
e
r a
f
e
w
m
i
nutes of
stunt
f
l
y
i
n
g,
J
im
trimmed the
plane
out for
the
smooth c
r
uise to
t
he
c
o
a
st.

“
T
e
a
c
h me how
to f
l
y
,”
P
a
m said.
S
he
took ho
l
d of the
wh
ee
l
i
n f
r
ont of
h
e
r
a
nd pla
ce
d h
e
r
f
e
e
t on
t
he
p
e
d
a
ls. “
T
eac
h me h
o
w to
f
l
y
,
J
i
m
.”
H
e
r
e
y
e
s
r
a
diat
e
d with
e
x
c
i
te
ment.

“
W
e
l
l
, the
f
oot ped
a
ls c
o
ntrol the
r
udd
e
r.”

“
I
know th
a
t
.
I
f
I
push f
o
r
wa
rd on
the
wh
ee
l
t
he
p
l
a
ne
g
o
e
s dow
n.
”
J
im
h
a
d r
e
la
x
e
d his
g
rip on the
wh
ee
l w
h
e
n
h
e lev
e
led
a
nd trimmed the pl
a
ne
out.
The
h
ea
v
y
p
l
a
ne p
r
a
c
t
i
ca
l
l
y
f
lew i
t
s
e
lf on
ca
lm
d
a
y
s l
i
ke
tod
a
y
.
S
o w
h
e
n
P
a
m push
e
d the
w
h
e
e
l fo
r
w
a
r
d
, it
sl
i
pp
e
d out of his h
a
nds. The
e
n
g
ine
r
e
vv
e
d up
a
s it
unload
e
d
a
nd
t
he
plane
pi
t
c
h
e
d d
o
wn tow
a
rd the
g
round.
J
im didn’t h
a
ve
t
i
me to g
ra
b
t
he
wh
ee
l
a
nd pull
it
b
ac
k
, b
e
fo
r
e
P
a
m sk
i
l
l
ful
l
y
b
r
ou
g
ht
t
he
pla
n
e
b
ac
k up
a
nd posit
i
on
e
d it
to
g
r
a
du
a
l
l
y
c
l
i
m
b
.
I
t
w
a
s e
xa
c
t
l
y
w
h
a
t he
would h
a
v
e
done
h
a
d his h
a
nds made
it
to
t
he
wh
ee
l b
e
f
o
re
P
a
m co
r
r
ec
ted it.
H
e
took ho
l
d of the
c
ontrols ag
a
in
m
a
ki
n
g
sure
his
g
rip
w
a
s t
i
g
ht eno
u
g
h to
c
ontrol a
n
y
c
r
a
z
y
moves
P
a
m
thou
g
ht
t
o
t
r
y
.

“
T
e
a
c
h me how to
f
l
y
,
w
i
th
y
our mind.
C
ontrol my
bo
d
y
l
i
ke
y
ou do w
h
e
n
y
o
u
’
re
maki
n
g love to me.
Y
ou
ca
n do i
t
.
W
e
ca
n do i
t
. Th
a
t’s w
h
a
t
j
ust happ
e
n
e
d
the
r
e
.”

“
I
don
’
t know
P
a
m.
F
l
y
i
ng
a
p
l
a
ne
c
a
n be
p
r
e
t
t
y
t
ri
c
k
y
.
One
m
i
stake
a
nd
w
e
’
r
e
d
ea
d
.
”

“Come on,
J
i
m
.
J
u
s
t
tr
y
.
I
p
romise
I
won
’
t do
a
n
y
t
hing
on
m
y
ow
n
, just w
h
a
t
y
ou ma
k
e me do. You’ll be
surp
r
is
e
d how
fa
st
I
c
a
n pick this u
p
.
P
le
a
s
e
,
I
’ll do
an
y
th
i
ng
.”

“
Ok
a
y
, just
f
or
a
l
i
t
t
le
w
hi
l
e
a
nd
a
ll
y
o
u
’
r
e
g
oi
n
g
t
o do is
f
l
y
str
a
i
g
ht and l
e
v
e
l, ok
a
y
?
”

“Ok
a
y
, ta
k
e
y
our
ha
nds
o
ff
the
c
ontrol
s
.
I
’ll just
h
old
t
he
plane
e
x
ac
t
l
y
l
i
ke
it
is.”

J
i
m s
l
ow
l
y
moved his
h
a
nds
a
w
a
y
f
rom the
c
ontr
o
ls as
P
a
m
l
ook
e
d str
a
i
g
ht
a
h
ea
d.
“
Am
I f
l
y
i
n
g
now
?
”

“
You
’
r
e
f
l
y
i
n
g.
Don’t m
a
ke
a
n
y
sudden moves, o
k
a
y
?
J
ust ke
e
p it
ste
a
d
y
.
”