Review of Short Story THE DIVE BOMBER

THE DIVE BOMBER
(a story that would make a great film)

STORY: An early 20th century test pilot goes up against a shady entrepreneur who wants new planes to fail dive tests so he can call them pleasure crafts & sell them to an enemy country.

MESSAGE: Integrity, persistence, trust, industriousness and love of country win the day. No matter how black it seems, there is a way to fight against evil.

WIN: The pilot stuck to his principles despite personal danger and monetary temptation.
LOSE: The author was a pilot, so you got the authenticity, but there were references to a couple parts of planes that I didn't understand.

EFFECT ON ME: It made me realize that our current culture has grown lax on principles, which I partly ascribe to a lack of education in principles, and also because people get desparate when money gets tight. The story made me more firm in asserting my own principles.



Sincerely,

Rebecca Mate