She Seemed Like Just Another Passenger Until The F Sixteen Pilots Called Her Eagle One And Everything Changed

“You’re still the best I ever had,” he said. “And I’ve had good ones since.”

“Don’t tell them that,” I said. “It’s bad for morale.”

He did smile this time, and it was the same smile he had given me on the day he passed his final evaluation, when I had told him that he was ready and watched the relief and the pride and the determination rearrange themselves continue reading …