Tomcats don’t have a cockpit voice, but this one does. The voice of an angel. Like Googoosh. “Hello. Are you the pilot?” Davoud caresses the trim hat, targeting hat, the pickle switch that drops the bombs. Blackbird speaks excellent Farsi. He hopes she knows English too, not only because English is the language of aviation, but so they can watch English movies together, projected on the HUD. They will be alone together, safe, forever.
