“If you have no briefing or no report, you are not prepared.” “That is incorrect, Sir. I have a report—a well thought-out report.” The colonel stared long and hard at Boyd. He leaned back in his chair. “Proceed, Major.” Boyd rocked on his heels. He looked the colonel squarely in the eye. In his most earnest and sincere tone he said, “Sir, I’ve never designed a fighter plane before.” Then he paused and nodded toward the design studies stacked on the table. “But I could fuck up and do better than that.”
