3-Chapter+11

"One terrible, tumbling second passed, then another. An instant before the plane struck the water, Louie's mind throbbed with a single final thought: //Nobody's going to live through this.//"(Hillenbrand119)
 * Events from Chapter 11**
 * Clarence Corpening's B-24 plane was lost trying to land in Canton.
 * The lieutenant told Louie, Phil, Cuppernell, and their crew to take the //Green Hornet// and go search for the missing plane.
 * After flying 200 miles, engine number 1 died on the //Green Hornet//
 * But on accident, an engineer tried to feather the dead engine but pressed the wrong button to engine numer 2.
 * Phil and Cuppernell couldn't get control of the plane and crashed it into the ocean.
 * Louie got tangled in the planes wires and got sucked down into the ocean and almost drowned.
 * Interesting Quotes**

"He burst into dazzling sunlight. He gasped in a breath and immediately vomited up the salt water and fuel he had swallowed. He had survived." (Hillenbrand121)

Level 1 What was the name of the plane the lieutenant assigned them to for the rescue mission?
 * Questions**

What was the flight heading the lieutenant told them to search?

Level 2 What would've happened if the engineer hadn't pressed the wrong button?

How did Louie become untangled from the wires?

Level 3 Why is it hard to let go of the ones you hold dear?

How does doing something for the first time affect the way you do it?


 * Vocabulary**
 * Donning - to put on or dress in

"He walked back to the cottage cleaned himself up and dressed, **donning** a pair of tropical- weight khaki pants, a T-shirt, and a muslin top shirt that he'd bought in Honolulu."

"**Inexplicable**, the wires were gone, as was the raft."
 * Inexplicably - incapable of being accounted for or explained

"He knew that it had been **cannibalized** and he hoped that critical parts weren't missing."
 * Cannibalized - to remove parts, equipment, assets, and employees

"The force of the plane's plunge had spent itself, and the **fuselage**, momentarily buoyed by the air trapped inside, lept to the surface."
 * Fuselage - The complete central structure to  which    the wing, tail surfaces,and engines are attached on an airplane.

"He **tiptoed** out and hiked up the hill behind the cottage to **rouse** himself, then walked back, pulled on his workout clothes, and started for the runway.
 * Tiptoed - the tip or end of a toe
 * Rouse - to bring out of a state of sleep

"The sergeant agreed, adn Louie **jogged** off with the deep beside him."
 * Jogged - to move or shake with a push

"He turned a mile in 4:12, a **dazzling** time given that he was a running in sand."
 * Dazzling - to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light

"At the base gate, they were flagged down by the despised **lieutenant** who had ordered them to fly //Super Man// on three engines."
 * Lieutenant - military

"There was also an extra **raft,** stored in a yellow bag on the flight deck."
 * Raft - a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material"

"There was a provisions box in the plane, and **retrieving** this was the tail gunner's responsibility."
 * Retrieving - to recover or regain

"He fished it from his pocket, leaned from the waist window, and **tossed** it to a ground crewman, who said he'd mail it for him"
 * Tossed - to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly

"but Louie had the sense that they were disoriented by their seat **swap**."
 * Swap - to exchange one thing for another

"the engineer flipped the shield and **banged** down on a button.
 * Banged - a loud, sudden, explosive noise

"He couldn't **haul** the plane level, and even if he'd been able to, he was going too much fast"
 * Haul - to pull or drag forcibly

"It was a **snarl** of wires, //Green Hornet's// nervous system."
 * Snarl - to growl viciously while baring the teeth

"Far below, Louie was still **ensnared** in the plane, writhing in the wires."
 * Ensnared - to catch or trap in a snare