Turbulence

[Keith]

Hi,
I'm going to put it out there and say that I disagree with some of the other comments about the sense of this one.
I thought it read with perfectly clear meaning and made a good alternative view of the hero pilot returning from a raid.
This for me had, what is for me now, is becoming a recognisable signature twist from you concerning the world view.

I read it as follows: I felt drawn into a happy and stereotypical type of hero worship. The brave fighter pilot returns...but wait perhaps not so brave...it's just a paper stage for our brave hero, he didn't deliver his load and he's now in a sweat about the unexploded bomb in the air turbulence / tank slappers (biking term that comes before the terminal earth sky experience!). So our brave hero ditches before he goes in to land. The only line that had me chewing over the meaning was did the farmer's wife smile at the whistling because she knew a bomb was about to land on her and she was having a last look at her lovely world or was it to convey her association with her whistling husband or such like.
I enjoyed the twist.
AJ

Many thanks AJ we must be on the same wave length It was the girl that smiled at the whistling but as Tectak said you wouldn't know that because its inside my head, your understandings of the main theme give me some room for a half smile, thanks Keith oh and tank slap is no fun I can tell you, from experience