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.The spine of the craft lay open to the blazing sun in two sections, and lines from great cranes dangled into them.Remo asked."What is that?""It is obvious," sniffed Chiun."A crashed plane.""No," said Captain Relish."It's an ekranoplane."They looked at him."It's a wingship, a wing-in-ground craft, or ekranoplane as the Russians call it.""What do the Russians have to do with this?" Remo asked."They devised this baby for landing troops on foreign soil.It flies like a hovercraft, but much faster and with a bigger payload.The way it works is the tail props start her moving along the water like a boat, then those two Page 67ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlKuznetsov turbofans mounted on the nose ahead of the wing there blast air under the wingroots, creating lift.She skims along the deck slick as you please.Isn't that great?"They all stared at him some more.And Remo asked, "Wouldn't it be simpler to fly like a plane?""Not because of the ground effect," said Captain Relish."You see, when a plane flies high, wingtip vortices are created, producing drag.Slows the craft down.Remove the ends of the wings and fly close to the ground, and the problem is solved.When the Soviet Union went belly up, they decided to rent the monster out.This model is called Orlyonok, or Little Eagle.""Let me see if I have this straight," Remo said."You cut the wings off so it will fly better?""You got it," said Captain Relish, grinning proudly.Remo turned to Nancy."You should get together with him.""Why?""Because you two obviously have a lot in common.What he said makes about as much sense as feathers on a Triceratops."Nancy made her voice firm."I am not-repeat not-authorizing that we fly Old Jack to America," she told Captain Relish."And that's final.""Dr.Derringer, you don't understand-""I understand plenty.You tell that jerk King that's my decision.And it's final.""Uh-oh.Too late."Nancy looked where Remo was pointing.Two cranes were at work, carefully hoisting the dinosaur off the flatcar.The body lifted quivering, the head and tail hanging limp as if dead.The forked tongue protruded."Those idiots! They haven't secured the head and tail.""I guess they're in a rush," said Captain Relish."I hear the natives are restless."Working in unison, the crane bore the great Halloween bulk closer and closer.Nancy turned to Remo and Chiun."I need your help.""Name it," said Remo."Yes," added Chiun."Name it and a price will be determined later."Remo winked as if to say, "Don't worry about it.""Deal.I need you two to guide the head down safely.I know you can do amazing things, can you handle that?""Sure," said Remo."For a price to be determined later," Chiun said blandly."We'll worry about that then," said Nancy.Captain Relish escorted them to an inflatable pontoon bridge that carried them over the shallow water to an open passenger door in the side of the anchored craft."The cargo bay is aft," he said, leading them through an interior that very much resembled a truncated passenger jet.A door in the rear gave into the cargo area.It lay open to the dazzling African sun.Nancy gave the area a quick once-over.She turned to Captain Relish."I think you'd better leave.Captain.That's ten tons of reptile meat about to come down in a relatively confined space."The captain ducked out.The cranes' operators brought the beast over to the waiting cargo hold of the ekranoplane.They were good.They got it into exact position without unnecessary jockeying.It blocked the sun.Slowly, the cables began paying out."Okay," Nancy said nervously, as the creature's shadow grew."We shouldn't have to worry about the tail.But if the head folds under the body, it could be crushed.At the very least, the windpipe could be constricted.""Just grab the head and keep it from the body, right?" asked Remo."Right.You can do that?"Page 68ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Sure."Nancy withdrew to a safe distance, where she made white-knuckled fists on and off during the remaining part of the fifteen-minute operation.She saw it all, and questioned none of it.The whiplike tip of the tail touched first and began coiling like a serpent dropping into a box.It was the other end she was worried about.The undersized head, mouth slightly open and eyes closed, inched closer and closer to the stainless steel of the bulkhead floor.Remo and Chiun took up positions under it.Small as it was in comparison to the thick neck, the head dwarfed them both.Like construction workers guiding a girder into position, they took hold of the snout and chin and with a nod to each other, walked it away as the body continued down.The head was heavy enough, Nancy knew.But the greater weight lay in the tremendous pumpkin-striped neck.Somehow, the pair knew exactly what to do.They moved left when the neck began to kink right and vice versa.They seemed to have an instinct for the way the reptile's weight was redistributing itself.It was as if, Nancy thought, they used the creature's own inert muscles against itself.That, more than their eerily effortless strength, impressed her most.When the great padded feet touched the floor, they had the neck almost fully elongated.This was the crucial part.Then it was over.Suddenly, effortlessly.The legs folded up on either side of the great bulk of the body and the wrinkled underside touched the floor [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.The spine of the craft lay open to the blazing sun in two sections, and lines from great cranes dangled into them.Remo asked."What is that?""It is obvious," sniffed Chiun."A crashed plane.""No," said Captain Relish."It's an ekranoplane."They looked at him."It's a wingship, a wing-in-ground craft, or ekranoplane as the Russians call it.""What do the Russians have to do with this?" Remo asked."They devised this baby for landing troops on foreign soil.It flies like a hovercraft, but much faster and with a bigger payload.The way it works is the tail props start her moving along the water like a boat, then those two Page 67ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlKuznetsov turbofans mounted on the nose ahead of the wing there blast air under the wingroots, creating lift.She skims along the deck slick as you please.Isn't that great?"They all stared at him some more.And Remo asked, "Wouldn't it be simpler to fly like a plane?""Not because of the ground effect," said Captain Relish."You see, when a plane flies high, wingtip vortices are created, producing drag.Slows the craft down.Remove the ends of the wings and fly close to the ground, and the problem is solved.When the Soviet Union went belly up, they decided to rent the monster out.This model is called Orlyonok, or Little Eagle.""Let me see if I have this straight," Remo said."You cut the wings off so it will fly better?""You got it," said Captain Relish, grinning proudly.Remo turned to Nancy."You should get together with him.""Why?""Because you two obviously have a lot in common.What he said makes about as much sense as feathers on a Triceratops."Nancy made her voice firm."I am not-repeat not-authorizing that we fly Old Jack to America," she told Captain Relish."And that's final.""Dr.Derringer, you don't understand-""I understand plenty.You tell that jerk King that's my decision.And it's final.""Uh-oh.Too late."Nancy looked where Remo was pointing.Two cranes were at work, carefully hoisting the dinosaur off the flatcar.The body lifted quivering, the head and tail hanging limp as if dead.The forked tongue protruded."Those idiots! They haven't secured the head and tail.""I guess they're in a rush," said Captain Relish."I hear the natives are restless."Working in unison, the crane bore the great Halloween bulk closer and closer.Nancy turned to Remo and Chiun."I need your help.""Name it," said Remo."Yes," added Chiun."Name it and a price will be determined later."Remo winked as if to say, "Don't worry about it.""Deal.I need you two to guide the head down safely.I know you can do amazing things, can you handle that?""Sure," said Remo."For a price to be determined later," Chiun said blandly."We'll worry about that then," said Nancy.Captain Relish escorted them to an inflatable pontoon bridge that carried them over the shallow water to an open passenger door in the side of the anchored craft."The cargo bay is aft," he said, leading them through an interior that very much resembled a truncated passenger jet.A door in the rear gave into the cargo area.It lay open to the dazzling African sun.Nancy gave the area a quick once-over.She turned to Captain Relish."I think you'd better leave.Captain.That's ten tons of reptile meat about to come down in a relatively confined space."The captain ducked out.The cranes' operators brought the beast over to the waiting cargo hold of the ekranoplane.They were good.They got it into exact position without unnecessary jockeying.It blocked the sun.Slowly, the cables began paying out."Okay," Nancy said nervously, as the creature's shadow grew."We shouldn't have to worry about the tail.But if the head folds under the body, it could be crushed.At the very least, the windpipe could be constricted.""Just grab the head and keep it from the body, right?" asked Remo."Right.You can do that?"Page 68ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Sure."Nancy withdrew to a safe distance, where she made white-knuckled fists on and off during the remaining part of the fifteen-minute operation.She saw it all, and questioned none of it.The whiplike tip of the tail touched first and began coiling like a serpent dropping into a box.It was the other end she was worried about.The undersized head, mouth slightly open and eyes closed, inched closer and closer to the stainless steel of the bulkhead floor.Remo and Chiun took up positions under it.Small as it was in comparison to the thick neck, the head dwarfed them both.Like construction workers guiding a girder into position, they took hold of the snout and chin and with a nod to each other, walked it away as the body continued down.The head was heavy enough, Nancy knew.But the greater weight lay in the tremendous pumpkin-striped neck.Somehow, the pair knew exactly what to do.They moved left when the neck began to kink right and vice versa.They seemed to have an instinct for the way the reptile's weight was redistributing itself.It was as if, Nancy thought, they used the creature's own inert muscles against itself.That, more than their eerily effortless strength, impressed her most.When the great padded feet touched the floor, they had the neck almost fully elongated.This was the crucial part.Then it was over.Suddenly, effortlessly.The legs folded up on either side of the great bulk of the body and the wrinkled underside touched the floor [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]