JonDLundyn Parker 10 -4
December 10th 2006 20:04
Taxiing out off its mooring Lundyn swung wide into the bay; he nosed the plane into the breeze and gunned the 300 horsepower Lycoming engine. Fully loaded the plane needed more than its usual 1100 feet to take off but as he was heading out to sea it was not a problem. As she reached her cruising altitude, he had decided on 14000 feet, everyone relaxed and undid their seat belts. Karen got out the thermos and poured green tea for everyone. They were heading for Singapore and planned to intercept two vessels.
The first was Lundyn’s ketch, which was going to be just a curtesy check and the second was the coastal freighter carrying Hon Sing Lee. The ketch was easy to spot. It was bowling along under all sail with a south-westerly breeze. They circled once and saw Toomas at the helm and three buxom bare breasted crew waved back to the Seawind. “Everything seems ok in that neck of the woods,” smiled the General. “I don’t know how he does it?”
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Lundyn’s satellite phone rang shrilly in the cockpit. Roscoe picked it up and answered.
He took down some figures on a note pad and handed them over to Lundyn. “This is where the freighter is now. It is stopped in the water and it looks like it is making a rendezvous with a fast cruiser that is making toward it. They think our man is going to transfer.”
Lundyn punched the latitude and longitude into the plane’s navigation system and set a new course to intercept. It was only an hour away.
“Get the Rugers out and get the Yugo ready.” Lundyn was hard-lipped and taking command of a possible shoot out. “We could be sitting ducks up here. We will have to be ready for anything.”
On the horizon they could make out a large freighter dead in the water. And they could see a fast fifty-foot long cruiser making for it. The freighter had its pilot ladder down and things looked like they may be well under way. Lundyn banked the Seawind and dropped his airspeed to prepare for a landing on the water. He had the four of them strap on inflatable life jackets. The jackets did not hamper movement in the plane but could be inflated by a small canister when in the water.
The first was Lundyn’s ketch, which was going to be just a curtesy check and the second was the coastal freighter carrying Hon Sing Lee. The ketch was easy to spot. It was bowling along under all sail with a south-westerly breeze. They circled once and saw Toomas at the helm and three buxom bare breasted crew waved back to the Seawind. “Everything seems ok in that neck of the woods,” smiled the General. “I don’t know how he does it?”

Lundyn’s satellite phone rang shrilly in the cockpit. Roscoe picked it up and answered.
He took down some figures on a note pad and handed them over to Lundyn. “This is where the freighter is now. It is stopped in the water and it looks like it is making a rendezvous with a fast cruiser that is making toward it. They think our man is going to transfer.”
Lundyn punched the latitude and longitude into the plane’s navigation system and set a new course to intercept. It was only an hour away.
“Get the Rugers out and get the Yugo ready.” Lundyn was hard-lipped and taking command of a possible shoot out. “We could be sitting ducks up here. We will have to be ready for anything.”
On the horizon they could make out a large freighter dead in the water. And they could see a fast fifty-foot long cruiser making for it. The freighter had its pilot ladder down and things looked like they may be well under way. Lundyn banked the Seawind and dropped his airspeed to prepare for a landing on the water. He had the four of them strap on inflatable life jackets. The jackets did not hamper movement in the plane but could be inflated by a small canister when in the water.
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