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P
a
m
f
e
lt
e
le
c
tri
c
i
t
y
r
unn
i
ng
thro
u
g
h
h
e
r
.

M
a
ke
m
e
do som
e
th
i
n
g
. Ma
k
e
m
e
turn or somethin
g
.
J
ust a lit
t
le t
u
rn, pl
ea
s
e
.

J
i
m
t
hou
g
ht
t
his w
a
s c
ra
z
y
,
but
t
h
e
y
w
e
re
a
t
l
ea
st
t
h
re
e
m
i
sta
k
e
s h
i
g
h
a
nd
h
e
would h
a
ve plen
t
y
of time
to
r
e
take
c
ontrol of the
plan
e
.
H
e
p
osi
t
ioned his h
a
nds just
i
n
c
h
e
s f
r
om
t
he
wh
ee
l
a
nd thou
g
ht about the m
o
v
e
ments of his h
a
nds
a
nd
fee
t n
e
ce
ss
a
r
y
to s
l
ow
l
y
turn the pl
a
ne
to
t
he ri
g
ht. To his am
a
z
e
ment,
P
a
m
r
e
spond
e
d
a
s if s
h
e
w
e
re
hi
m
.
S
he
e
x
ec
uted
t
he
si
m
ple m
a
n
e
uv
e
r p
e
r
f
e
c
t
l
y
.
P
a
m
l
a
u
g
h
e
d
a
s the plane
re
spon
d
e
d to her
c
ontrol.
J
im
made
h
e
r b
a
nk the pl
a
ne
to
t
he le
f
t, ba
c
k on
c
o
u
rs
e
.


This
i
s wond
e
r
f
u
l
.
I
t’s
s
o much
f
un. Close
y
o
u
r e
y
e
s
,
J
i
m
.
C
ome inside
m
y
m
i
n
d
.
I
’ll l
e
t
y
o
u i
n
. You
c
a
n do i
t
. Con
ce
ntr
a
te on
t
r
y
i
n
g
to s
e
e
the s
k
y
thro
u
g
h
m
y
e
y
e
s. Take
to
t
a
l cont
r
ol of
m
y
bo
d
y
. T
e
ac
h me how
to f
l
y
l
i
ke
that.”


Hold the pl
a
ne
e
x
ac
t
l
y
l
ike
y
ou
a
r
e
.

J
im
c
losed his
e
y
e
s
, but
h
e
didn’t know
w
h
y
.
He f
e
lt
l
i
ke
he
w
a
s in
s
ome
k
ind of hok
e
y
m
i
n
d
-
r
e
a
di
n
g
show,
c
on
ce
nt
r
a
t
i
ng
on
se
e
ing
t
h
e
s
k
y
with his
c
losed
e
y
e
s.
P
a
m he
l
p
e
d him
more
than he
r
e
a
l
iz
e
d
,
a
s the
c
le
a
r
blue
Al
a
skan
s
k
y
a
pp
e
a
red in his
m
ind.
J
im
w
a
s not
e
xp
e
ri
e
n
c
e
d
e
n
ou
g
h to
r
ec
o
g
ni
z
e
the di
f
f
e
r
e
n
c
e
b
e
t
w
ee
n wh
a
t
h
e
w
a
s s
ee
ing
a
nd the m
e
mo
r
y
o
f
w
h
a
t he s
a
w in
f
ront of
the pl
a
ne
a
mo
m
e
nt
b
e
fo
r
e. He
ins
t
inctive
l
y looked do
w
n to ch
ec
k t
h
e
g
a
u
g
e
s and
re
a
l
iz
e
d he
saw
P
a
m’s h
a
nds on the
c
ontrols d
i
r
e
c
t
l
y
in f
r
ont of him. The
pla
c
e
m
e
nt of the
g
a
u
g
e
s
w
a
s w
r
ong.
H
e
w
a
s
sudd
e
n
l
y
si
t
t
i
ng
on the
r
i
g
ht s
i
de of
the pl
a
n
e
. N
o
, it
c
oul
d
n

t b
e
. He
w
a
s looking
a
r
ound the
c
o
c
kpit
thro
u
g
h
P
a
m’s
e
y
e
s. The
e
x
p
e
ri
e
n
c
e
w
a
s
too b
iz
a
r
r
e
f
or
J
im
to
l
o
ok
a
t h
i
m
s
e
lf, si
t
t
i
ng
the
r
e
with h
i
s
e
y
e
s clos
e
d
.
S
o he looked b
ac
k up
a
t
t
he
s
k
y
in f
r
ont of the
plan
e
.

He
h
e
a
rd
P
a
m’s voice
in
his he
a
d.
T
e
a
c
h
m
e
how to
f
ly, l
e
t me
learn what
y
ou
k
now about f
l
y
in
g
. Jim
re
la
x
e
d
a
s he
be
g
a
n to put
the pl
a
ne
th
r
ou
g
h some
b
a
sic m
a
n
e
u
v
e
rs
w
hi
l
e
P
a
m
a
bsorb
e
d his
e
nt
i
re
kn
ow
ledge
of
f
l
y
i
n
g
.

P
a
m w
a
s so pr
e
o
c
c
upied
with f
l
y
i
n
g
the pl
a
ne
t
h
a
t
n
e
i
t
h
e
r notic
e
d that
J
im
w
a
s no long
e
r
c
ontrolling
P
a
m’s mov
e
ments.
I
t
m
a
d
e
l
i
t
t
le di
f
fer
e
n
c
e
, si
n
c
e
P
a
m had
a
mp
l
e
oppo
r
tun
i
t
y
to
a
bsorb
J
i
m
’s kno
w
led
g
e
.
S
he si
m
p
l
y
n
ee
d
e
d t
i
me
i
n the
a
ir to r
e
fi
n
e
h
e
r ski
l
ls.
S
he
w
a
s
e
spe
c
ial
l
y
pro
u
d of t
h
e
slow gr
a
c
e
ful turn
t
o the
n
o
r
th she
e
x
ec
uted
w
h
e
n
t
he
plane
r
eac
h
e
d the
c
o
a
st.


J
i
m
, d
ea
r,”
she s
a
id, re
a
l
iz
ing
Ji
m
’s mind w
a
s not h
e
lp
i
ng
h
e
r
f
l
y
the pl
a
n
e
.

J
i
m
,
I
’m f
l
y
i
n
g
north up the
c
o
a
s
t
.
Do we
n
e
e
d to do a
n
y
th
i
ng
b
e
fo
r
e
we
land
?

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