Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 255William Blackwood, 1944 |
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Page 112
... feet though the pass itself is only abou 2500 feet . The road was vile , bein not much more than a bullock - car track , and the bus had to back several hair - pin bends over & dre of a thousand feet or so . The drivin was hard work ...
... feet though the pass itself is only abou 2500 feet . The road was vile , bein not much more than a bullock - car track , and the bus had to back several hair - pin bends over & dre of a thousand feet or so . The drivin was hard work ...
Page 276
... feet to the set - off where he makes his first landing , a ledge three feet wide , which seems no width at all as he looks down ; and from this perilous foothold he has to climb thirty feet more to the entrance door of the tower , with ...
... feet to the set - off where he makes his first landing , a ledge three feet wide , which seems no width at all as he looks down ; and from this perilous foothold he has to climb thirty feet more to the entrance door of the tower , with ...
Page 331
... feet . True bearing from ground station to aircraft . 1 ' Q.D.M .'- a magnetic course to steer for. 1 er the table ... feet , 5000 , at 8000 feet we broke suddenly and our eyes were dazzled by ant sunlight . is a strange and lonely domain ...
... feet . True bearing from ground station to aircraft . 1 ' Q.D.M .'- a magnetic course to steer for. 1 er the table ... feet , 5000 , at 8000 feet we broke suddenly and our eyes were dazzled by ant sunlight . is a strange and lonely domain ...
Contents
PARACHUTES OVER CRETE BY GERALD BARRY | 81 |
SIAMESE DUSK BY F KINGDON WARD 309 | 145 |
A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE KHYBER PASS BY MAUD DIVER | 157 |
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