[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
.Jerry tried it next and he was too high.He tried to correct at the lastminute as well but fell out of the proper glide path and also nearly landed inPage 75 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlthe drink.Herzer thought he might be riding Chauncey, but the wyverns stilllooked the same to him."This isn't working," Mbeki growled."I don't think they can figure out what's right from where they are," Edmundmuttered."No, sir," Herzer said."Sir, it occurs to me that it's got to be somethinglike catching a running prey and I don't think wyverns do that.We might begoing too fast for the first time.If we could slow the ship down, maybe turnit towards the wind.""Skipper," the commander called."Request you come into the wind, make minimumsail for steerage only.""All hands! All hands!"The sailors, once again, climbed the rope ladders and this time pulled in allthe sails but one of the triangular ones on the front.The boat slowednoticeably and the wind now seemed to be coming from directly in front of theship."We can't point directly to the wind, can we?" Edmund asked."No, but we're still making about four klicks," the commander noted."There'snot much wind today so it feels like it's from right in front of us.But thewyverns will be pushed to one side as they come in."Herzer watched Jerry start to line up again and quietly backed away from thegroup.There was a ladder up to the platform at the rear of the deck and herapidly ascended it.The ladder was on the outside of the platform and thedeck so he found himself precariously dangling over the water three storiesbelow.When he reached the top of the platform he found it open with no recesses orobstructions of any sort.He moved to the rear of the platform and waved hishands over his head, looking up at the approaching wyvern.After a moment hesaw Jerry's head come up and was sure that he was looking at him.When he washe lowered his arms until they were outstretched and then waved them upward;the wyvern was well below the "right" glide angle to make a landing.There wasa moment's pause then Jerry coaxed the beast upward.The movement got him outof line and Herzer directed him left, then held his arms out straight.As thewyvern neared he, again, dropped low so Herzer ordered him upward.Jerryfollowed the command and as he swept in in a flurry of wings Herzer dropped tothe platform and shielded his head.He was rewarded with a massive "thump" andthe platform shook under his body.Herzer rolled over and looked up at the wyvern, which was eyeing him likedinner."There is no way to tell the right way to land from up there," Jerry yelled."None!""We figured that out," Herzer replied as the rest of the party from below madetheir way up the ladder."Great landing, Mr.Riadou," the commander said, smiling."I thought weweren't going to be able to get you in.""I wouldn't have made it if it weren't for Herzer," Jerry said.Handlers hadcome forward and were attaching traces to the wyvern.The center-rear of theplatform suddenly slanted downward and the handlers walked the wyvern down theslope and into the broad hatch to take it below."What did Herzer do?" the commander asked, looking at the lieutenant."He waved me down," Jerry replied, artlessly then looked at the group who wereall eyeing Herzer."It worked, sir.""Yes it did," the commander admitted."Do you think you can do it again?""If the riders follow the commands, sir," Herzer temporized."It might bebetter if Mr.Riadou did the ordering; they're more likely to follow him.""But he hasn't seen it from the ship side," Commander Chang said."Has he?"Page 76 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"The next one up is Vickie," Jerry said."Sergeant Toweeoo that is.I thinkthat she'll followHerzer's directions and I can follow through.One thing, though.""Yes?""It was hard to see his arms; I was catching more glints from his hook thanseeing his hands.Could we get some hand flags or something?""I'll have them brought up," the XO said after a moment's thought.He lookedup at the circling wyverns and shook his head."We need to set up a signalingsystem.Why didn't we think of any of this in advance?""We thought it would be easy," Evan said, his eyes glazing as he got caught inthought."We're working on a flag signaling system for the fleet; the dragonsignals can be worked into that.""Work on that later," Chang said."I'll get some hand flags up here and thenyou get those other dragons down."The others descended while Herzer and Jerry waited on the top-deck.Herzernoticed that despite the fact that it was October and there was a faint breezeit was damned warm up here; controlling the landings in the summer would beunpleasant.Finally they heard the ladder squeaking and Chief Brooks' head appeared atdeck level; he had two flags grasped in his right hand."Here you go, sirs," the chief said, holding the flags out."Have fun.""Will do, Chief," Herzer said with a chuckle, taking the flags from the chiefwho, clearly, wasn'tcoming any closer to the landing deck than that.He took one flag in his righthand easily enough but found that the rounded handle of the flag was one ofthose surfaces his clamp had trouble with.Finally he slid it into theinterior of the clamp and applied slight pressure of the cutting surfacesagainst it.It was awkward but it would work.Finally he had it juggled in place and looked up at the group of circlingdragons until he spotted the one that he thought was Vickie."Is that Vickie just turning out?" he asked Jerry."Yeah, I think so," the rider muttered."Another thing to add to the list:binoculars."Herzer took the flags and pointed them outward at Vickie, tracking her aroundthe sky until he saw her wave, then pointed them down at the deck and spreadthem outward.He saw immediately that she was lined up badly so he waved her off to theright.Then she was too far over that way so he waved her back to the left.He continued to coax her down but she was all over the sky.Too low, too high.As she came in on final it was clear that she was far too low and he waved heroff wildly but she still came in until the wyvern with a gobbled crybackwinged right at the stern of the ship, nearly hitting the pri-fly deck.Itbackwinged hard but didn't have enough airspeed to recover so, with atremendous splash, it landed in the bay.Jerry and Herzer ran to the rear, fearing the worst, but from the cursesemanating from belowVickie was fine.The wyvern, when they got there to look down, actually seemedto be having a good time paddling around in the water."What do I do now?" Vickie yelled [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
zanotowane.pl doc.pisz.pl pdf.pisz.pl milosnikstop.keep.pl
.Jerry tried it next and he was too high.He tried to correct at the lastminute as well but fell out of the proper glide path and also nearly landed inPage 75 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlthe drink.Herzer thought he might be riding Chauncey, but the wyverns stilllooked the same to him."This isn't working," Mbeki growled."I don't think they can figure out what's right from where they are," Edmundmuttered."No, sir," Herzer said."Sir, it occurs to me that it's got to be somethinglike catching a running prey and I don't think wyverns do that.We might begoing too fast for the first time.If we could slow the ship down, maybe turnit towards the wind.""Skipper," the commander called."Request you come into the wind, make minimumsail for steerage only.""All hands! All hands!"The sailors, once again, climbed the rope ladders and this time pulled in allthe sails but one of the triangular ones on the front.The boat slowednoticeably and the wind now seemed to be coming from directly in front of theship."We can't point directly to the wind, can we?" Edmund asked."No, but we're still making about four klicks," the commander noted."There'snot much wind today so it feels like it's from right in front of us.But thewyverns will be pushed to one side as they come in."Herzer watched Jerry start to line up again and quietly backed away from thegroup.There was a ladder up to the platform at the rear of the deck and herapidly ascended it.The ladder was on the outside of the platform and thedeck so he found himself precariously dangling over the water three storiesbelow.When he reached the top of the platform he found it open with no recesses orobstructions of any sort.He moved to the rear of the platform and waved hishands over his head, looking up at the approaching wyvern.After a moment hesaw Jerry's head come up and was sure that he was looking at him.When he washe lowered his arms until they were outstretched and then waved them upward;the wyvern was well below the "right" glide angle to make a landing.There wasa moment's pause then Jerry coaxed the beast upward.The movement got him outof line and Herzer directed him left, then held his arms out straight.As thewyvern neared he, again, dropped low so Herzer ordered him upward.Jerryfollowed the command and as he swept in in a flurry of wings Herzer dropped tothe platform and shielded his head.He was rewarded with a massive "thump" andthe platform shook under his body.Herzer rolled over and looked up at the wyvern, which was eyeing him likedinner."There is no way to tell the right way to land from up there," Jerry yelled."None!""We figured that out," Herzer replied as the rest of the party from below madetheir way up the ladder."Great landing, Mr.Riadou," the commander said, smiling."I thought weweren't going to be able to get you in.""I wouldn't have made it if it weren't for Herzer," Jerry said.Handlers hadcome forward and were attaching traces to the wyvern.The center-rear of theplatform suddenly slanted downward and the handlers walked the wyvern down theslope and into the broad hatch to take it below."What did Herzer do?" the commander asked, looking at the lieutenant."He waved me down," Jerry replied, artlessly then looked at the group who wereall eyeing Herzer."It worked, sir.""Yes it did," the commander admitted."Do you think you can do it again?""If the riders follow the commands, sir," Herzer temporized."It might bebetter if Mr.Riadou did the ordering; they're more likely to follow him.""But he hasn't seen it from the ship side," Commander Chang said."Has he?"Page 76 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"The next one up is Vickie," Jerry said."Sergeant Toweeoo that is.I thinkthat she'll followHerzer's directions and I can follow through.One thing, though.""Yes?""It was hard to see his arms; I was catching more glints from his hook thanseeing his hands.Could we get some hand flags or something?""I'll have them brought up," the XO said after a moment's thought.He lookedup at the circling wyverns and shook his head."We need to set up a signalingsystem.Why didn't we think of any of this in advance?""We thought it would be easy," Evan said, his eyes glazing as he got caught inthought."We're working on a flag signaling system for the fleet; the dragonsignals can be worked into that.""Work on that later," Chang said."I'll get some hand flags up here and thenyou get those other dragons down."The others descended while Herzer and Jerry waited on the top-deck.Herzernoticed that despite the fact that it was October and there was a faint breezeit was damned warm up here; controlling the landings in the summer would beunpleasant.Finally they heard the ladder squeaking and Chief Brooks' head appeared atdeck level; he had two flags grasped in his right hand."Here you go, sirs," the chief said, holding the flags out."Have fun.""Will do, Chief," Herzer said with a chuckle, taking the flags from the chiefwho, clearly, wasn'tcoming any closer to the landing deck than that.He took one flag in his righthand easily enough but found that the rounded handle of the flag was one ofthose surfaces his clamp had trouble with.Finally he slid it into theinterior of the clamp and applied slight pressure of the cutting surfacesagainst it.It was awkward but it would work.Finally he had it juggled in place and looked up at the group of circlingdragons until he spotted the one that he thought was Vickie."Is that Vickie just turning out?" he asked Jerry."Yeah, I think so," the rider muttered."Another thing to add to the list:binoculars."Herzer took the flags and pointed them outward at Vickie, tracking her aroundthe sky until he saw her wave, then pointed them down at the deck and spreadthem outward.He saw immediately that she was lined up badly so he waved her off to theright.Then she was too far over that way so he waved her back to the left.He continued to coax her down but she was all over the sky.Too low, too high.As she came in on final it was clear that she was far too low and he waved heroff wildly but she still came in until the wyvern with a gobbled crybackwinged right at the stern of the ship, nearly hitting the pri-fly deck.Itbackwinged hard but didn't have enough airspeed to recover so, with atremendous splash, it landed in the bay.Jerry and Herzer ran to the rear, fearing the worst, but from the cursesemanating from belowVickie was fine.The wyvern, when they got there to look down, actually seemedto be having a good time paddling around in the water."What do I do now?" Vickie yelled [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]