Pappy Winfield, a test pilot, prepares to fly the experimental X-15 rocket plane to the edge of space while his wife Aaron worries at home. Aboard the craft, he finds the weightlessness of space exhilarating and begins to drift beyond his orders, while ground control and Dr. May struggle to reach him. The story is part of the CBS radio series Suspense and was originally broadcast on November 1, 1959, with George Bamberg credited as writer. The transcript breaks off during the re-entry sequence, so the guide does not cover the full episode.
Characters: Pappy Winfield, Aaron, Ed Hill, General Brighton, Dr. May, Howard, Dave Miller
The transcript of “Re-Entry”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast November 1, 1959. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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W.R.R.W. Radio 59. Next? And now, another tale well calculated to keep you in... Spence. What will man first flight into space be like? Will he be able to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere? And how will he feel? Well, we don't know for sure, so this is only imagination as we bring you George Bamberg's White
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This is Dristan. Today, Dristan is widely imitated, but the exclusive Dristan formula cannot be duplicated For real relief from cold misery and sinus congestion. There is nothing, nothing like wrist and decongestant tablets. I don't think I'll ever get used to getting up fixing your breakfast at 4.30 in the morning.
Well, a lot of men get up and go to work at 4.30 in the morning. Want some more eggs? Howard, would you like some more eggs? Oh, no, no. Today's the day, isn't it? What day?
Today's the day you take it off. Yes, I suppose so. If everything checks out all right, there's no reason why not. Silly, but I keep wanting to ask you if the ship's all right. If it can really grow up that high and withstand the heat and shock of the plunge back to Earth...
Oh, I know it is or else you wouldn't take it out, but I just want to hear you say everything's going to be all right. Aaron, mechanically, the X-15 has been engineered to perfection. It's passed every test, metallurgical wind tunnel powerless flight.
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Third in tonight's story, we're a while to draw as Kathy, with Margaret Draper, Les Damon, Bob Redick, Frank Thomas, Jr., Robert Dottley, Mason Adams, Jim Bowles, Frank Butler, and Whitfield Connor. Listen again next week when we return with The Last Trip, written especially for suspense by Ralph Bell and Eugene Francis, the story of a man's last ride.
Another tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. on CBS radio.
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