What happens
Captain Mark Stacey, a test pilot at a New Mexico desert proving ground, is preparing to fire rockets at a radio-controlled drone aircraft. At home his wife Ruth and their two sons, Hap and Petey, have breakfast before he leaves. Later Petey claims that his brother and a neighbor's daughter have climbed aboard the drone, and the family must learn whether the boys are really aboard as the test begins. The story is told in an episode of Suspense, the CBS radio drama series, first broadcast on November 3, 1957, starring Ruth Hussey.
A United States Air Force desert proving ground in New Mexico, and the military base where the Stacey family lives.
Characters: Mark Stacey, Ruth Stacey, Hap Stacey, Petey Stacey, Cathy Cameron, Don Cameron, Sergeant Crenshaw
Listen for: Petey's claim that his brother and Cathy climbed into the drone, and the radio exchange between Don Cameron and Mark as the test begins.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.