Altitude Page #5

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- You want it?

- Be carefuI with it.

- Easy, guys.

Be carefuI.

Be carefuI, it's a comic book.

MeI:

SaI, just give it back.

My God, l'm taking it out

of its protective case thing.

Oh.

Oh my God.

Great condition.

SaI, you're so not funny.

Stop it.

- It's ripping.

- Come on.

Mel:

SaI, what are you doing?

I'm sorry.

Oh my God, this looks

pretty important to the story.

- SeriousIy?

- Oh.

What, are you seven years oId

reading comics?

You know, the next time

you try and get us kiIIed

- I'm wiping my whoIe ass with it.

- Okay, SaI, that's enough.

Okay?

Just give it back to him.

- LittIe kid stiII reading comics.

- Give it back to him.

Yeah, you want your comic?

You want your comic?

- Take your f***ing comic.

- Come on, SaI. God.

It's okay.

What's that?

It's a bus ticket to MontreaI.

MontreaI?

Isn't that where you're moving, Sara?

Sorry, man.

I was gonna teII you.

When exactly

were you gonna teII me?

I don't know.

We'II taIk about this Iater.

- Center, Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

- Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

Yankee ZuIu X-ray requesting

Yankee ZuIu X-ray, you're cIeared

to 1 0,500, negative traffic.

Hey.

What's going on?

Um, we've got weather ahead

and I'm not instrument rated

- so we'II have to cIimb above it.

- Whoa whoa whoa.

What does

not instrument rated mean?

It means I have to visuaIIy maintain

separation from the ground at aII times.

TransIation:
it means she can't

fly through cIouds.

Clouds?

Are you kidding me?

( groans )

WiII you shut up?

How high

does this thing go anyway?

Surface ceiIing is 24,000.

Look at it this way--

commerciaI airlines fly at 40.

( rattIing )

Sorry about that, guys.

It's just a IittIe bit of unsettIed air.

- Unsettled air?

- It's the third time.

Aren't we supposed

to IeveI off or something?

- I'm trying.

- What do you mean you're trying?

It means I'm trying.

- Quit screwing around, Sara.

- This isn't a joke.

The eIevator's not responding

for some reason.

- There's an eIevator on this pIane?

- Not that kind of eIevator.

You see that part on the tail

that's sticking up at an angIe?

- Which part?

- The hinged sextion.

- Yeah.

- Okay, when air goes over it

the taiI goes down, making us go up.

l don't know,

something's jammed it.

- You've got to be kidding me.

- Come on.

- What do we do?

- SaI:
MeI, put the camera away!

For 10 minutes!

Center, Yankee Zulu X-ray.

I think I have a probIem here.

Yankee Zulu X-ray, Center.

Are you decIaring an emergency?

Yankee ZuIu X-ray, uh...

not at this time.

Not at this time? I thought you said

we couIdn't IeveI off.

No, there are procedures for this.

l'll just reduce power.

You shouId probabIy teII

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