The Ghost of Mystery Airport

the Dragonfly out of control, climbing to get beyond

n: otherwise it would have been easy to rise beyond the storm levels, to set his propeller toward some predetermin

eflected, catching the ship as a gust of fierce wind caught

grown so black and we've drifted so far off by now th

lized how difficult the situat

er the ocean before they knew their danger: there it would b

h the broad Sound along its Western side and New York's bays i

o go on climbing. Don, without being ab

sated with the elevators, always climbing when he dared. Rain swept in stinging sheets across the wings and into

ds, and soon were able to rise bey

nt to be safe from the upsweep of warm

hest altitude at which engine power was not dragged down too much by the ligh

overcome were not th

to the North, to the East and to the West, as far

ion, the sea was waiting, and Don's only choice seemed to be to stay aloft as long as he could, hoping for a lull bet

took the Dragonfly in its fierce grip, twistin

orce, Don threw the stick to a position

, a sickish feeling c

rt of the control co

the nose b

an elevator, Don changed the position of the stick, using the rudder

aving them from a dive, Don understood that they would very soon

died airplane design with Don, during their work

hip, could picture their positions from the multit

d through the flooring, ligh

bent low, he probed with hurrying finge

ound

the cord lay between him and Don's stick. He

ened he waggled the

rned h

s bent position, re

, knew the operation of the contr

ick Don began to right the ship

function in their proper capacity and that the rudder no

ard. The engine, full gun, helped their effort, the ship began to s

in one hand and the slack of the other side held in his other fist, Garry watched th

y signal of his arm, p

sion to maintain a level c

From the other instruments it was evident that oil feed and pre

eir fuel reserve gave them, they might, by dint of careful cooperati

y no

nt almost double, stretching his neck upwa

st the torture that must come with the unnatural pose: aching muscle

mself. "If it's in human power to las

ry came to know before

ble to guess at the flight direction by the position of the rising mo

cloud dispersing its fury in rain. There the fl

rce, by dint of careful manipulation of signals and of controls