Corps IX
Under Fire
Chapter One
Aboard Trans-Global Airways Flight 907
North Latitude 36 Degrees 59 Minutes, East Longitude 143 Degrees 77 Minutes
(Above the Pacific Ocean, near Japan)
1100 1 June 1950
"This is the First Officer speaking," the copilot of Trans-Global Airways Flight 907 said into the public address
system microphone. "We are about to begin our descent into Tokyo's Haneda Airport, and have been advised it may get a
little bumpy at lower altitudes. So please take your seats and fasten your seat belts, and very shortly we'll have you
on the ground."
Trans-Global Flight 907 was a triple-tailed, five-months-old Lockheed L-1049 Constellation, christened Los Angeles.
The navigator, who wore pilot's wings, and who would move up to a copilot's seat when TGA accepted-next week, he
hoped-what woul ... read full excerpt from Under Fire ebook
