The radio said, “Fly to 40,000 feet.” Jack flew the jet higher. The lights at Chatham were far below them.

Jack turned the airplane. They were flying toward Newfoundland.

Steve watched the radar carefully. In a short time they were past Newfoundland. They were very high in the sky. Jack could not see much in the dark. Everything was black. Steve could see. Steve had his radar. He saw every airplane in the air for miles. The big radar at St. Margaret’s saw everything for hundreds of miles. St. Margaret’s was a big radar place close to CFB Chatham. St. Margaret’s turned the Voodoo towards the Russian airplane.

Two pilots in the voodoo cockpit