0014 Naked Adventure

Sarah screams in frustration after another pass and a miss. “Stupid plane, stupid guns, how the hell did anyone kill each other in these?”

Didn’t they have smart weapons back then, or did everyone fight stupidly?

Lexi was diving into the clouds. She knew Lexi was a good pilot, having accompanied Luna and her stepdaughter on a few missions. Those two were a well-oiled team, with Lexi picking up all the piloting and support operations to make her stepmom’s runs go off without a hitch.

Sarah knew she would pick them up on the other side of the clouds when they dove under them. The clouds broke near the coast, so she would have another chance of picking them up and taking the last two or three strafes on them before her ammo ran out. She took off with a total of 300 rounds of 0.50-cal for her two main guns, and she could not find any of the specialized 20mm ammunition so that gun was already dry. At 50 rounds a burst that was only like six shots, and she was squeezing out these last few strafes with shorter and shorter pulls of the trigger.

She checked her console and the dizzying array of dials and gauges were covered by post-its and other reminders. She glanced over at her print-outs and made sure all of her plane’s controls were set properly. I am good.

Now where is my radar?

Sarah tapped at several of the dials, hoping one of them was an electronic TV screen, but one of them responded. Just old-fashioned needles and dials, switches and gauges. She blinked and paused a moment.

No radar?

How can this plane not have any radar?

How are you supposed to kill anyone without radar?

The bomber carrying her prey slipped below the clouds as Sarah realized she would have to follow them down to avoid losing them.

What if they don’t go out of the clouds?

She laughed. Who could fly without seeing where they were going?

Then she remembered all the times Lexi flew her and Luna through the darkest nights and the worst storms she had ever been through.

And then Sarah’s cell phone rang.