Saucer: the Conquest (2004)
Saucer: the Conquest
“Egg called. He was standing in front of the hangar aiming a video camera mounted on a tripod.
“I guess,” Rip Cantrell answered, loudly enough to be heard over the sound of the idling truck engine. He was seated in Egg’s old Dodge in the center of the grass runway. He had removed the batteries from the truck bed and installed two large generators in the engine compartment of the pickup, with sheaves and belts to power them from the fan-belt takeoff.
“Any time,” Egg shouted, and bent to h...is viewfinder.
Rip wiped the perspiration from his forehead, so it wouldn’t get into his eyes, and tightened the belts in his three-point harness. His stomach was tied into a knot. He goosed the engine a couple of times with the accelerator, watching the amp meter rise and fall. Oil pressure okay, radiator temp okay. He did it one more time, allowing the engine RPM to rise. The truck rose a few inches, then settled back onto the tires as he let the RPM drop.MoreLess
“I guess,” Rip Cantrell answered, loudly enough to be heard over the sound of the idling truck engine. He was seated in Egg’s old Dodge in the center of the grass runway. He had removed the batteries from the truck bed and installed two large generators in the engine compartment of the pickup, with sheaves and belts to power them from the fan-belt takeoff.
“Any time,” Egg shouted, and bent to h...is viewfinder.
Rip wiped the perspiration from his forehead, so it wouldn’t get into his eyes, and tightened the belts in his three-point harness. His stomach was tied into a knot. He goosed the engine a couple of times with the accelerator, watching the amp meter rise and fall. Oil pressure okay, radiator temp okay. He did it one more time, allowing the engine RPM to rise. The truck rose a few inches, then settled back onto the tires as he let the RPM drop.MoreLess
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