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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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The
gray
dawn-light
over
the
flying
field
was
flushing
to
faint
rose
as
the
three
strode
out
to
where
the
long
X-type
stood,
its
strangely
curved
wings,
enclosed
cabin
and
flat,
fan-like
tail
gleaming
dully.
Its
motor
was
already
roaring
with
power
and
the
plane's
stubby
wheels
strained
against
the
chocks.
In
their
great
suits
Norman
and
Hackett
were
like
two
immense
ape-figures
in
the
uncertain
light,
to
the
eyes
of
those
about
them.
"Well,
all
the
luck,"
Harding
told
them.
"You
know
I'm
pulling
for
you,
but--I
suppose
it's
useless
to
say
anything
about
being
careful."
"I
seem
to
have
heard
the
words,"
Hackett
grinned,
as
he
and
Norman
shook
the
field
superintendent's
hand.
"It's
all
the
craziest
chance,"
Norman
told
the
other.
"And
if
we
don't
come
down
in
a
reasonable
time--well,
you'll
know
that
our
theory
was
right,
and
you
can
broadcast
it
or
not
as
you
please."
"I
hope
for
your
sake
that
you're
dead
wrong,"
smiled
the
official.
"I've
told
you
two
to
get
off
the
Earth
a
lot
of
times,
but
I
never
meant
it
seriously."
Harding
stepped
back
as
the
two
clambered
laboriously
into
the
cramped
cabin.
Norman
took
the
controls,
the
door
slammed,
and
as
the
chocks
were
jerked
back
and
the
motor
roared
louder
the
long
plane
curved
up
at
a
dizzy
angle
from
the
field
into
the
dawn.
Hackett
waved
a
thick
arm
down
toward
the
diminishing
figures
on
the
field
below;
then
turned
from
the
window
to
peer
ahead
with
his
companion.
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