Cargo Unknown

Take one man with the courage born of freedom and another with the strength born of hate. Put them in an open boat with a beautiful woman. That's the story, cargo unknown, taken from the files of John Steele, adventurer.

Hello friends, this is John Steele. And how are you tonight? Oh, is that so? But don't worry, we've taken care of that for you. Because this week, friends, we have another tale of adventure. This is one of those unusual stories, a yarn that leaves you doing some serious thinking, and a lot of wondering, too.

So I suggest that you relax for a moment before I introduce this week's guests. The reason? A simple one. Once my friend Lu Cardone starts his story, you'll find it very difficult to relax. Well, enough of me.

Here is Lu Cardone, a man with an aeroplane and ideas. Lu? You've heard the old saw about strange bedfellas, well I've got one that really takes a cake. I guess it started right after I came home from the war, been a fighter pilot with the eighth in England for two and a half years and finally got relieved after my 71st mission. Little flack

happy, but who wasn't? I couldn't settle down, still wonder that old excitement. When they had written the paper where XGIs could pick up surplus ships for a song and that started me thinking. Scraped up all I could, bought me a sweet little twin-engine trainer and I was in business. Jobs was slow at first, but I wasn't fussy as long as it was money in it.

Well, when I was out in my hangar cleaning up the ship, pressure went out on the hydraulic system the night before, and I had to crank the flaps and landing gear down by hand. Just checking to find the leak where I was losing pressure.