Monday, January 18, 2010

Patrolling the Skies

Written 18 January, 2010

Patrolling the Skies

From time to time I journey to the Yamato of Japan sim to ride the Zero airplane.

I bought the plane, but the tour is just grand. And so are the photo opportunities.

Cheyenne takes off in a cloud of spray...



She does a flyby of the huge battleship Yamato.



and ascends into the clouds looking for the enemy...



She spots a ship below and tilts the nose of the Zero downward...


She breaks out of the clouds and goes into a steep dive...



The Zero's frame shudders as she passes 300 mph...



She pulls out of the dive at the last moment and drops her bombs...


She rapidly climbs...


Does a barrel roll...



And heads home.


She lands...




... the victorious heroine...

Or maybe not-- she thinks she might have just bombed the Yamato.

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