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10,000 Feet ASL

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10,000 Feet ASL

The P-40 screamed across the sky.

It's engine spitting ambient noise.


Carm, who was used to being in a tank, was used to the sound of an engine going constantly,

The only thing major of note was the metal tube rocking every time you touched the control stick.

The backseater, LJG Hudson was giving him the breakdown on how to operate the aircraft, while Carm was reading a manual.

"And This is the Mixture controls

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"And This is the Mixture controls....." LJG Hudson went on

"Shouldn't there be ground school for this?" Carm said.

"Like, allowing teenagers to fly planes right out of the bag is fun and all, but don't you think this is at least a LITTLE risky?"

"Tried bringing that up, and they kept telling me that there wasn't any time." LJG Hudson said.


"Oh....."

"I would get back to studying if I were you." He said,



The P-40 was Green-colored and decorated with a Top-Gun insignia on the rear stabilizer,

It also had 1944 era USAAF roundels on it.

The green wings stood out against the tan desert underneath them, as he turned his head to check for the bandit.

(A Bandit is a hostile enemy aircraft.)


Carm then checked the speedometer,

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