Fire in the Sky by Candice Ransom

Author:Candice Ransom [F. RANSOM, CANDICE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780761382768
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

The lower tail fin, at the rear of the airship, was then attached to a tail-lock car. This wheeled car sat on a railroad track that circled the mast. The car could roll along the track, supporting the end of the Hindenburg as it shifted in the wind. A set of rolling stairs pushed up to the passenger deck allowed the passengers to descend.

“It’s coming!” someone cried. Reporters surged onto the field. Newsreelmen trained their cameras on the horizon and began cranking.

From the west, the magnificent zeppelin sailed into view, nosing through the twilight. Crossing the south fence, the ship moved in a graceful arc, until it hovered over the landing field. The spectators were silent. Everyone was in awe of the enormous airship, sailing overhead like a stately silver cloud. An arrow of sunlight struck the control car window, a ray of gold among the silver.

Stenny’s heart lifted with joy. Was there ever a sight to match this? More than anything, he wanted to fly a dirigible. Piloting a zeppelin must be the most exhilarating feeling in the world.

The airship drifted forward and down. Stenny heard the huge propellers back up. The ship turned again, and a shower of water pelted from the stern tanks. Stenny knew that the water acted as ballast, a weight that helped control the movement of the dirigible. The captain was dumping ballast to level the ship.

A radio commentator began recording. “Here it comes, ladies and gentlemen, and what a sight it is, a thrilling one, a marvelous sight. It is coming down out of the sky pointed toward us, and toward the mooring mast. The mighty diesel motors roar, the propellers biting into the air. No one wonders that this great floating palace can travel through the air at such a speed with these powerful motors behind it.”

Stenny didn’t think the Hindenburg looked like a palace. It was more like a giant fish, a silvery whale plowing majestically through an ocean in the sky.

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