Chapter Five
Ripley followed Gordon into Jernstedt Airfield. She’d done that a lot during the firefight, following Firehawk Oh-three.
Robin and Jeannie flew just a little wild for her taste and the lower maneuverability of her big Aircrane. Ex-military stood out all over the way Robin carved turns, and Jeannie in Oh-two looked more like she was dancing across the sky than anything else. When they descended, it wasn’t some calm lowering of altitude—they were all steep dive and hard pull-out. Gordon, on the other hand, flew with a smooth steadiness of action that might be a percent or two less efficient, but it was far easier on the aircraft and the pilot.
She liked that about him. Rather than trying to match the others, he remained himself. After the first hour she could pick him out mil
