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    Black Aeroplane: Fredrick Forsyth

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    The document summarizes a short story about a pilot who encounters a dangerous storm while flying home to England. He risks flying into the storm and becomes disoriented when his instruments fail. He follows another plane he sees in the clouds and lands safely, but is told by air traffic control that no other plane was in the area. It is implied that the other plane was a hallucination that helped guide the pilot to safety through an act of courage in facing the storm.

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    Black Aeroplane: Fredrick Forsyth

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    The document summarizes a short story about a pilot who encounters a dangerous storm while flying home to England. He risks flying into the storm and becomes disoriented when his instruments fail. He follows another plane he sees in the clouds and lands safely, but is told by air traffic control that no other plane was in the area. It is implied that the other plane was a hallucination that helped guide the pilot to safety through an act of courage in facing the storm.

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    The document summarizes a short story about a pilot who encounters a dangerous storm while flying home to England. He risks flying into the storm and becomes disoriented when his instruments fail. He follows another plane he sees in the clouds and lands safely, but is told by air traffic control that no other plane was in the area. It is implied that the other plane was a hallucination that helped guide the pilot to safety through an act of courage in facing the storm.

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    Black Aeroplane: Fredrick Forsyth

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    Black Aeroplane

    Fredrick Forsyth

    Summary :
    • The trip to England
    • Fear of storm
    • A risky but brave decision of the author
    • A Black Aeroplane appeared
    • A safe landing
    • The greatest surprise

    Theme :
    • Vivid depiction of mystery and suspense
    • Courage and risk taking nature
    • Incredible events in the scientific world

    Comprehension:
    Q. 1. “I'll take the risk.” What was the risk? Why did the narrator take
    it?

    Ans: The risk was to fly through the black storm clouds. The narrator
    took the risk because his home was beckoning him. He was dreaming
    of a holiday and looking forward to being with his family. He also
    wanted to get in time to enjoy a good English breakfast.
    Q. 2. Why did the narrator say, “I landed and was not sorry to walk
    away from the old Dakota…”?

    Ans: After landing, the narrator was not sorry to walk away from the
    old Dakota because he had a horrific and scary experience flying that
    plane. He had been caught in a storm with his compass, radio and
    other instruments all dead. He was happy that he had landed the
    plane safely. That is why he was not sorry to walk away. Instead, he
    wanted to know where he was and who the other pilot was.

    Q3. Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane into


    the storm.

    Ans: As he flew into the storm, everything went black. It was


    impossible to see anything outside the plane. It jumped and twisted in
    the air. When he looked at his compass, he saw that it was turning
    round and round. It was dead. Along with it, the other instruments,
    including the radio, were also dead.

    He was lost in the storm. Suddenly, in the black clouds near him
    he saw another aeroplane. Its pilot waved at him, asking him to
    follow. He was glad to find a helper and followed the strange
    aeroplane through the clouds like an obedient child for more than
    half an hour. He was using his last fuel tank and there was only
    enough fuel to fly five or ten minutes. Then, the other pilot started to
    go down and he followed. He suddenly came out of the clouds and
    saw the runway, on which he then landed his plane safely.
    Q4. What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator
    strangely?

    Ans: The narrator had asked the woman in the control centre about
    the identity of the other pilot. She looked at him strangely as there
    was no other plane in the storm. She told him that no other plane was
    flying that night. His was the only plane she could see on the radar.

    Q. 5. Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely?

    Probably, it was the narrator's own self that helped him through the
    storm. There was no other plane in the storm as the woman at the
    control centre could see only his plane on the radar. Also, no other
    plane was flying that night. In his fear, he might have been
    hallucinating. He was a good pilot, and it might have been his own
    self determination that came to his help.

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