Grounded

Lieutenant Colonel Martin sat back in his hard desk chair and looked out through the tinted window to where the slim, dartlike jets waited, poised on the sun-washed runways. A red and blue jet swooped down out of the brilliant, cloudless sky and shot along the runway, wheeled and rolled back toward the parking strip. It was the courier ship from Washington. He waited, tapping a lean finger on the desk, his eyes distant but not seeing the harsh ridge of up-flung barren mountains, looming clear and incredibly near despite the fact they were sixty miles awaysixty miles of alkali wasteland where only gila monsters moved, scuttling from rock to rock to escape the brazen sun. Beyond those mountains was Project Breakaway, the Air Force's top secret attempt to fling a dart up high enough and fast enough to break free of earth's clutching gravity. It was Colonel Martin's job to command one group of jets that guarded the approaches to Project Breakaway. It had been a dull jobroutine, boringup until yesterday morning. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 69212
Author: Sambrot, William
Release Date: Oct 23, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
Publication Date: 1954
Publisher Country: United States

Contributors

Illustrator: Schomburg, Alex, 1905-1998