Magic Carpet Chapter 31
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| Time frame | February 2002 |
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Location
- Onboard Southern 111, an Airbus A300 flying from Mexico City to Chicago
- Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi
Characters
- Jeff Waldemer
- Dr. Milligan, a vetrinarian
- Mallory Fox, former Redlite Ranch staff dominatrix
- Will Hoffman, Keesler AFB Public Info NCO
Summary
Jennlynn is flying back from visiting a Lambdatron supplier in Mexico City and on her way to a trade show in Chicago. There are sufficient complication in flying international in Skyhook to have her flying commercial for this trip. She upgrades her Lambdatron-provided coach ticket to first class, sitting in the first row. During the flight she happens to meet Mallory, an old friend and former co-worker from the Redlite Ranch. The pair play a prominent role in foiling a hijack attempt, but too late to prevent the severe wounding of both the pilot and co-pilot. In minutes, Jennlynn finds herself at the controls of a hijacked 250+ passenger Airbus A300 while out over over the Gulf of Mexico...
The airliner is diverted from Chicago to land at Keesler Air Force Base, which happens to be Will Hoffman's current assignment. With his immediate superior, the Public Information officer being off-base for the weekend, it devolves upon Master Sergeant Hoffman to handle the press for this emergency, unaware that he knows the woman flying the plane.
Air Force Reserve pilot Lt Col. Bruce Hadley, an experienced A300 pilot, is found at Keesler and brought to the control tower to talk Jennlynn through the A300 landing procedures. Colonel Hadley doesn't immediately recognize her name, but the air operations officer identifies her as Learjet Jenn.
It is with that revelation that the chapter ends.
