Kennedy moving majestically through the thirty-foot waves less than a mile offshore, rolling and pitching certainly, but less than would have been expected with a conventionally designed ship. Her rounded deck, almost flush with the water, gave the appearance of a half-submerged submarine as she ...
The cabin of the PBY had already begun to warm with the early morning sun, dispelling the bora's chill. Both engines turned over easily and I swung the ponderous bulk of the PBY out of the cove and into the bay. The wind had dropped with the coming of dawn until it was now only a mild head wind. ...
He clipped his ear-plug lead onto the life line. . . is about half a mile ahead. Pretty fancy flying,' Charlie was saying. Keilty felt a tug on the line and began swimming forward. He glanced over his shoulder to see the dim figure of Weston gliding silently behind. Half a mile. He hoped that sil...
The low-branched spruce trees with their short, stiff needles lashed at unwary faces in the misleading light from the torches, and Within minutes all three of them had pulled ski goggles and wind masks on for protection. It took them nearly three hours of heavy going in the darkness to break out ...