Note : non standard Latin chars (like Greek, Chinese, Hebrew etc) may look garbled on the web page but the subtitles should be perfectly valid and usable once downloaded.
King of the Hill
IT DID Col. Hal Gascoigne no good whatsoever to know that
he was the only man aboard Satellite Vehicle 1. No good
at all. He had stopped reminding himself of the fact some
time back.
And now, as he sat sweating in the perfectly balanced air
in front of the bombardier board, one of the men spoke to
him again:
"Colonel, sir"
Gascoigne swung around in the seat, and the sergeant
Gascoigne could almost remember the man's nameUirew
him a snappy Air Force salute.
"Well?"
"Bomb one is primed, sir. Your orders?"
"My orders?" Gascoigne said wonderingly. But the man
was already gone. Gascoigne couldn't actually see the ser-
geant leave the control cabin, but he was no