The watchers held
their breath as it became apparent that the Camel was in difficulties. A long
strip of fabric trailed back form a wing-tip, and a bracing wire hung loose
from the undercarriage. One of the ailerons seemed to be out of position, as if
it was hanging on by a single hinge.
There was silence as
the pilot made a slow, flat turn, that brought him into the wind, the machine
flopping. A few feet from the ground the pilot caught it again and bounced to a
bumpy landing.
Algy had started
running towards the machine, but pulled up as Biggles was seen climbing
from the cockpit.
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Well, I am and looking forward to Chapter 28
ReplyDeleteMy comment appears to have been eaten in cyberspace, but I did leave one when I read this. I also want to know what happens next.
ReplyDeleteIt might have been eaten by the spam filter which I have set to eat up all the spam messages that kept coming in (very very annoying, and there are sooo many of them every day. You'd think people would have better things to do...)
ReplyDeleteSomehow I missed this a couple days ago. Off to read it now!
ReplyDeleteI take it that it wasn't a pleasant read...*evil grin*
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