"Persevere
started to doze and he dreamed of all the exciting flying he had done in
years gone by. He was dreaming of flying between vast mountains covered
in snow, when he heard a deep rumble like thunder far away. Persevere looked
around at the mountains, in his dreams, thinking an avalanche was coming,
but the noise was from Claude's four jet engines."
"Sighing the Aircraft controller said 'Papa Echo Romeo' clear take
off and climb. Keep clear off cloud and report tome on course to Pine Valley'.
'Clear to takeoff RUNWAY TWO EIGHT', they replied clearly.
They were relieved that the Controller hadn't stopped them going. Taxying
to the centre of the vast grey concrete runway, they could see all the
black stripes left by the heavy jet aircraft landing on it. The runway
was clear, but enourmos black clouds seemed to touch the ground. Joe held
Persevere's brakes on firmly and pushed the two large throttle levers forward
and the engines roared with al the power they had in them. Joe released
the brakes and the little aircraft started rolling down the runway. Joe
moved the control stick forward as the speed increased, lifting the little
tail-wheel of the ground. Now, Persevere was speeding along faster and
faster. Pulling back on the contol stick, Joe gently lifted the aircraft
off the runway and they were in the air.
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