Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 281W. Blackwood, 1957 - England |
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Page 103
Another thirteen miles took us to the Western Channel Lightvessel , the limit of Port jurisdiction and of pilotage waters , and the end of our journey . We were now fifty miles out to sea , and wind and waves made open boating ...
Another thirteen miles took us to the Western Channel Lightvessel , the limit of Port jurisdiction and of pilotage waters , and the end of our journey . We were now fifty miles out to sea , and wind and waves made open boating ...
Page 215
They agreed that it could not have arisen from a drift of less than twenty miles . If there was land to windward it must be at least twenty miles away , and John knew very well that they could not possibly have sailed twenty miles to ...
They agreed that it could not have arisen from a drift of less than twenty miles . If there was land to windward it must be at least twenty miles away , and John knew very well that they could not possibly have sailed twenty miles to ...
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At the end of one run , last October , Captain Apt had reached 70,000 feet and perhaps 2000 miles an hour when the aircraft went out of control and crashed . He had run into inertial coupling , an unpleasant phenomenon , but one about ...
At the end of one run , last October , Captain Apt had reached 70,000 feet and perhaps 2000 miles an hour when the aircraft went out of control and crashed . He had run into inertial coupling , an unpleasant phenomenon , but one about ...
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Contents
A BATH IN TASHKENT BY DRUMSHIEL | 264 |
A CUT ABOVE THE AVERAGE BY C | 308 |
A DRIVE ROUND HISPANIOLA | 523 |
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