The Captain
The Shvetsov ASh 21 radial engine clattered and banged lazily as the Anushka waited at the end of the taxiway. The Captain puffed surreptitiously on a cigarette - holding it down below the level of the cockpit window lest some eagle-eye in the tower saw it. He squinted back towards the tower, just visible through the wings and bracing wires. "What's the hold up?" he asked. 'Mladshiy' Yuri Koscuico pulled the headset from his head and looked across. "They say we are to hold for...