1. Ravikant (JNV Kanker)
Email: getfriendly2009@gmail.com
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2. Before we proceed:
o Since the earliest times, humans have
dreamt of conquering the skies. Here is a story
about flying.
o A pilot is lost in storm clouds. Does he arrive
safe? Who helps him? Let’s read the story.
Ravikant (JNV Kanker)
Email: getfriendly2009@gmail.com
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3. The Black Aeroplane
-Frederick Forsyth
Ravikant (JNV Kanker)
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4. About the author:
Frederick Forsyth (born 25 August
1938) is an English author and
occasional political commentator. He is
best known for thrillers such as The
Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The
Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The
Fist of God, The Veteran, Avenger, The
Afgan and The Cobra.
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Email: getfriendly2009@gmail.com
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5.  The sky was clear when the author was flying his old Dacota
aeroplane over France to England.
 He was dreaming of his holiday and looking forward to being
with my family and thought to take good English breakfast with
his family.
 Everything was going well — it was an easy flight.
 Paris was about 150 kilometres behind him when he saw the
huge, black, mountain, storm clouds in front of him across the
sky.
 Everything was suddenly black. The author could not see
anything outside the aeroplane.
Ravikant (JNV Kanker)
Email: getfriendly2009@gmail.com
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6.  The old aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air. The compass,
radio and other instruments suddenly stopped working.
Then, in the black clouds quite near
him, he saw another aeroplane. It had
no lights on its wings, but he could see
it flying next to him through the
storm.
 He turned his aeroplane slowly to
the north, in front of author’s Dakota,
so that it would be easier for the
author to follow him.
Ravikant (JNV Kanker)
Email: getfriendly2009@gmail.com
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7.  Suddenly the author came out of the clouds and saw two
long straight lines of lights in front of him.
 It was a runway! An airport! He was safe!
 The author turned to look for his friend in the black
aeroplane, but the sky was empty. The black aeroplane was
gone. He could not see it anywhere.
 He went and asked a woman in the control centre where he
was and who the other pilot was.
Ravikant (JNV Kanker)
Email: getfriendly2009@gmail.com
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8.  She looked at the author very strangely, and then laughed.
She said, “Another aeroplane? Up there in this storm? No other
aeroplanes were flying tonight. Yours was the only one I could
see on the radar.”
 So who helped the author to
arrive there safely without a
compass or a radio, and without
any more fuel in his tanks?
Who was the pilot on the
strange black aeroplane, flying
in the storm, without lights?
Ravikant (JNV Kanker)
Email: getfriendly2009@gmail.com
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