Black Aeroplane Class X

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1. Two Stories about Flying A PowerPoint presentation by: Sharwan Kumar Black Aeroplane

2. The Black Aeroplane -Frederick Forsyth 2 The black Aeroplane

3. Before we proceed : 3 Since the earliest times, humans have dreamt of conquering the skies. Here is a story about flying. A pilot is lost in storm clouds. Does he arrive safe? Who helps him? Let’s read the story.

4. About the Writer: Black Aeroplane: Frederick Forsyth Frederick Forsyth Frederick Forsyth (1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Fist of God, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan and The Cobra.

5. Looking forward to = waiting eagerly immediately = at once compass = Instrument for telling direction huge = big risk = danger twisted = shook Instruments = machines waved = shook follow = come after obedient = one who obeys the orders Fuel = petrol, diesel etc frightened = terrified runway = the narrow strip the plane lands on or takes off from strangely = in a strange manner arrive = reach Vocab Time

6. 2 . Black Aeroplane: Introduction The lesson “Black Aeroplane” by Frederick Forsyth reflects on how one’s judgement gets distorted due to fantasizing and how it creates problems. In this chapter, the narrator is a pilot who is so eager to meet his family and have a good breakfast that he takes the wrong decision of facing the storm instead of doing the right thing. Miraculously, he somehow manages to escape with the help of a mysterious aeroplane.

7. 2. Black Aeroplane: Summary The story “Black Aeroplane” is about a pilot who feels happy and contended to fly over a city that is sleeping (at the night time). He is flying from Paris to London. While taking his flight, he dreams about the long holiday with his family.

8. 2. Black Aeroplane: Summary He also fantasizes about the scrumptious breakfast he would have upon landing. As soon as he crosses Paris, he gets a look of the dark clouds that were a sign of the upcoming storm.

9. 2. Black Aeroplane: Summary The right decision would have been to turn back to Paris for the sake of safety. But he being overshadowed by his dreams and not wanting to delay them, risks the life of his passengers and heads straight into the storm. Everything gets dark, he is unable to see, all his direction instruments stopped functioning and he lost control of the plane.

10. 2. Black Aeroplane: Summary When all hope was lost, he saw another plane whose pilot was more than willing to rescue them. The author was panicking as there was very less amount of fuel left. The anonymous pilot guided them out of the storm and disappeared as soon as they saw light.

11. 2. Black Aeroplane: Summary Upon landing, when he asks the lady in the control room about the other pilot, he is left in shock when she says that his was the only plane in the sky.

12. The sky was clear when the author was flying his old Dacota aeroplane over France to England. He was dreaming of his holiday and looking forward to being with my family and thought to take good English breakfast with his family. Everything was going well — it was an easy flight. Paris was about 150 kilometres behind him when he saw the huge, black, mountain, storm clouds in front of him across the sky. Everything was suddenly black. The author could not see anything outside the aeroplane. 12 Story in Points

13. The old aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air. The compass, radio and other instruments suddenly stopped working. Then, in the black clouds quite near him, he saw another aeroplane. It had no lights on its wings, but he could see it flying next to him through the storm. He turned his aeroplane slowly to the north, in front of author’s Dakota, so that it would be easier for the author to follow him. 13 Story in Points

14. Suddenly the author came out of the clouds and saw two long straight lines of lights in front of him. It was a runway! An airport! He was safe! The author turned to look for his friend in the black aeroplane, but the sky was empty. The black aeroplane was gone. He could not see it anywhere. He went and asked a woman in the control centre where he was and who the other pilot was. 14 Story in Points

15. She looked at the author very strangely, and then laughed. She said, “Another aeroplane? Up there in this storm? No other aeroplanes were flying tonight. Yours was the only one I could see on the radar.” So who helped the author to arrive there safely without a compass or a radio, and without any more fuel in his tanks? Who was the pilot on the strange black aeroplane, flying in the storm, without lights? Ravikant (JNV Kanker) 15 Story in Points

16. 1. What was coming up in the east behind the pilot? (A) the moon (B) the sun   (C) the stars (D) all of the above   2. Which plane was the author flying?   (A) Dakota (B) Boing-47   (C) Mig-29 (D) none of the above   3. Which country was the pilot flying over?   (A) England (B) France   (C) India (D) Italy   4. Which country did the pilot belong to?   (A) England (B) France   (C) India (D) Italy Recapitulation

17. 5. What happened when the pilot had covered a distance of 150 kilometres from Paris? (A) he saw another plane (B) a strong wind began to blow   (C) a heavy rain began to fall (D) there were storm clouds all around 6. Inside the clouds how was everything?   (A) green (B) fresh   (C) black (D) all of the above 7 . What happened as the plane entered the storm clouds?   (A) the aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air   (B) the compass was dead   (C) the other instruments were suddenly dead   (D) all of the above     Recapitulation

18. Recapitulation 8. When the author’s plane was caught in the storm who came to help him?   (A) another aeroplane (B) a helicopter   (C) a god (D) all of the above   9. How did the author follow the strange aeroplane?   (A) like a disciplined soldier (B) like an obedient boy   (C) like a mischievous boy (D) all of the above     10. What made the pilot frighten again while following the strange aeroplane?   (A) the density of the storm (B) the technical problem in the engine   (C) the shortage of fuel (D) all of the above  

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