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Then the aeroplane dropped lightly down close to the hangar back of the Bird home, where Andy and his father, the professor, lived, together with old Colonel Whympers, the veteran who used crutches or a cane on account of his rheumatism, brought on, he always declared, not by age, oh! no, but the wounds he received many years ago, when he was fighting for his country in the great civil war.
He swung into the cockpit and the Sergeant stood at the prop. "Switch off?" "Switch off!" The sergeant pulled over the propeller two times. "Contact, sir." "Contact." The motor caught, and after it had idled a few minutes McGee began revving it up. Just then he noticed Siddons come from around the corner of the hangar, carrying what appeared to be a canvas covered pillow.
"It seems to be pretty thin." "It is thin," said Paul; "that is to give it lightness. It might check some in a hailstorm, but it could not break out, as it is made of two layers of glass between which is cemented a thin sheet of celluloid." "I think you had two Liberty motors here in the hangar when I was here last.
The Hawk opened the door and strode down the long corridor beyond. His footsteps were swiftly gone: and then the sound of another door opening and closing. In the laboratory there was a murmur from the old man. "A coolie! A scientist's brain in that ugly yellow head! When consciousness returns, what a cruel shock!" Four Bodies Hawk Carse had gone into Leithgow's ship hangar.
He congratulated Tom on discovering at least one plot in time. "But there may be more," he warned the young inventor. "You are not done with them yet." The Mars was floated out of her hangar, and made ready for an ascent. Tom, Ned, Lieutenant Marbury, Mr. Damon, and several workmen were to be the first passengers. Tom was busy going over the various parts to see that nothing had been forgotten.
A safe landing was made, and the Mars once more put away in her hangar. Mr. Damon departed for his home, and Lieutenant Marbury again took up his residence in the Swift household. "Well, Tom, how did it go?" asked his father. "Not so very well. Too much recoil from the guns." "I was afraid so. You had better drop this line of work, and go at something else." "No, Dad!" Tom cried.
Damon, nor of the men who had so mysteriously taken away Tom's airship. All was in readiness for the trial. Tom sent Ned to the booth that he had constructed in the airship hangar, some distance away from the house. The other booth Tom had placed in his library, an entirely new system of wires being used. "Now Ned," explained Tom, "the idea is this!
"A man's life wasn't given to him to nurse. Besides, flying is a great relief after a week in the city." I turned aside, then, to superintend the disposal of the aeroplanes in their sheds, as it had become evident that a gale was in prospect. It was some minutes later that I received a sudden intimation from Miss Warren that she desired my presence outside her hangar.
Get her at least ten feet beyond the end of the hangar. We'll start straight up, and climb to at least a five mile height, where we can make mistakes safely. While you're tending to that, I'll see if I can induce the Air Inspector to take a trip with us." Half an hour later the machine had been rolled entirely out of the shed, on the new concrete runway.
I plan now to sail over it and drop the tins of chemicals. They are arranged to burst as they fall into the blaze, and I hope the carbon dioxide set loose will blanket out the fire." "Sounds interesting," commented Mr. Damon. "I'll go along." The airship was wheeled out of the hangar and was soon ready for the flight.
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