1950 Magnet Yearbook

40 THE MAGNET
The Song of '.o,ver
T he hUI{(' I )C-6 i ran-port "at "quat 0 11
the tarmac. like a "mall mountain on a
plain. It" k n i f l· · b l ;HI~-c 1 propellers we re
windmilling idly. ami the four powe rful
t.'llgill'·" purred throa tily likl' :'fllllt.' ,g-ig-an ­
lie f eline. T he sleek "ilH' r "idb anti
wing" Klt·anu-c.1 ,;0 bri;::htly in the midday
sun that it hurt the t' W~ 10 lOCJk at it. All
wa s readv for the :ake-otT.
,\ R'n~'n lili:'ht rla-hcd at the tower.
\\'ith a tr emendous roar the t'" 1l.~in,'~ carne
10 lift, arul the mon ster awakened. Gust.;
arnl ,"(!.Iil·' of wind swirled around the
ma n-sized wheel - a.. thev carted tn move.
Th e -hiu y nail crept ~10w ly 10 the end
of the nlllw a~ ' am i poi,..·,1 [or the take-off.
T hvn ,.Iowl.\·, a , the all ch-ar ~i g-n ;l l
-oun ch-d from till' tower, 11ll' 1,1;1I1l' rolled
forward into the wind. The whed~
bounced a~ it gathered momentum. Grace ­
fully a" a li:'liding' hawk it rose from tilt"
ground. T:lt.' tricycl e zear carne up, and
the Hap" were rai sed a ~ the ai rcra ft "w u n~
around. it~ propellers flashing in th(' sunlight.
T hen . with a "u rg'l' o f IlC )Wt·r. it
roared overhead and roe keted away into
the bloc of the -ummcr ..ky ;111.1 becauu­
-mallcr and smaller, oul\' an occasional
twinklin g rln-h of "ilH:r 1 ~' l r a.\ · i lll{ ib
position.
A~ the ';")l1g of powl' r diminished into
nothinzncs-. Ihl'