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“Look out! He’s right above you!” Zarrina shouted over the radio

A wave of thunder and turbulence shook the aircraft A shadow raced across the windshield, and the captain shoved the stick forward Sines blasted the cockpit, but the planes did not collide

Kurt’s pulling up at the last second gave them a few feet of precious space On the other hand, the pilot’s involuntary flinch and the wake turbulence fro past sent them down and to the left, headed for the waves

“Pull out!” Jinn shouted “Pull out!”

The pilot rolled the wings level and pulled back on the yoke The jet ski like a stone, and then cliain

“THEY PULLED OUT,” Leilani said, looking back through the side“Somehow, they pulled out”

Kurt thought of heading around for another run, but he was already lined up on the second plane Plan A had failed, and with the second aircraft cli it would have no effect this ti

Kurt used the extra speed he’d carried to outcli altitude faster than the other jet Once he was above it, he angled toward the other plane and h position

For a second he had no clue what he’d do next But an idea came to him that felt so brilliant, he would have patted himself on the back if he could have

He looked around the cockpit Aes and switches and screens he spotted what he was looking for

“Grab that handle,” he said, pointing

Leilani put her hand on a thickchevrons

“Get ready to pull it!”

As he closed in on his quarry, the plane began to shake The slipstrea off the other jeta powerboat’s wake He pulled back and climbed above the turbulence and, after ten seconds, he pushed the nose forward again, knifing toward the other jet as if on a strafing run

He raced over the top of the jet, higher than he’d been before