FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   100   101   102   103   104  
105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112   113   114   115   116   117   118   119   120   121   122   123   124   125   126   127   128   129   >>   >|  
ng to make contact with a supply ship? We know when he's going to Creek House, because Cap'n Mike can see him. But Brad has already made contact when that happens." "Let's take one thing at a time." The editor drew pencil and paper from his pocket. "What would you need to fly at night?" Rick ticked them off on his fingers. "Wing landing lights, navigation lights, cockpit instrument light. And if we were supposed to fly in anything but clear weather, we'd need a bank and turn indicator and an artificial horizon. But even then I'd be doubtful. I've never had instrument training. I wouldn't dare take the Cub out unless it was a clear, moonlit night, so I'd have a good horizon." Scotty approved. "That makes sense. And if we stuck to clear moonlight, the only things we'd need would be landing lights and navigation lights." Duke made notes. "All right. I don't think you need to worry much about having moonlight, because the weather is pretty consistent at this time of year. Barring a ground haze or a local thunderstorm, you'll have clear weather, and the moon will be full by the early part of next week. Now suppose we get Gus to install landing lights and navigation lights on a rental basis? The paper would pay for that in exchange for an exclusive story." "All we'd need would be good weather," Rick said. He had never flown the Cub at night. In fact, he had flown only once at night, and then it was in a much better plane and with an experienced instructor. But with good moonlight and a clear sky, it shouldn't be much different from day flying. Duke continued. "Now the next point. How can we know when the _Albatross_ is going to make contact?" "I think we can find out if Cap'n Mike will help," Scotty answered. "We know it takes time to transfer the smuggled goods, whatever they are. That means Brad Marbek has to leave port earlier in the morning than usual, unless he wants to call attention to what he's doing. As I see it, he probably leaves pretty early, makes contact with his supply ship and gets his load, then he hurries to the fishing grounds and gets his nets over the side and is fishing when daylight comes and the others see him. If Cap'n Mike kept watch, he would let us know when Brad left real early." "That's good figuring," Rick complimented his pal. "The _Albatross_ would have to leave between half past two and three in the morning. Otherwise, he wouldn't have time to load before daybreak." "It
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   80   81   82   83   84   85   86   87   88   89   90   91   92   93   94   95   96   97   98   99   100   101   102   103   104  
105   106   107   108   109   110   111   112   113   114   115   116   117   118   119   120   121   122   123   124   125   126   127   128   129   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

lights

 

weather

 
contact
 

navigation

 

landing

 

moonlight

 

horizon

 

morning

 

pretty

 

Scotty


wouldn
 

Albatross

 

fishing

 

supply

 

instrument

 

answered

 

hurries

 

daylight

 

transfer

 

daybreak


smuggled

 

experienced

 

instructor

 

continued

 

grounds

 

flying

 

shouldn

 

complimented

 

attention

 
leaves

figuring

 
Otherwise
 

earlier

 

Marbek

 

supposed

 

cockpit

 

indicator

 

artificial

 

moonlit

 

training


doubtful

 

fingers

 

editor

 

ticked

 

pocket

 

pencil

 

approved

 
suppose
 

install

 

exclusive