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The space within the SXF-16 is cramped. Three seats, and room for maybe two suitcases. Ask anyone who flew on the Pan Am clipper ships, and they would say that this is a step backwards. But ask anyone who sat at the controls of the SF-12 Mockingbird or SF-11 Vulture, and he would be thrilled there's room for a co-pilot.
Howard opens the hatch from the outside, leading his passenger aboard.
"Welcome aboard, Helena."
Howard opens the hatch from the outside, leading his passenger aboard.
"Welcome aboard, Helena."
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Date: 2013-07-24 01:19 am (UTC)"I think I understand now why people are so entranced by flight. It is such an amazing experience."
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Date: 2013-07-24 01:28 am (UTC)She pauses, still making the plane go straight and true. "People do mostly travel by air if they are going long distances. Cars are more used, but they're useful mostly for short-term travel."
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Date: 2013-07-24 01:30 am (UTC)"I guess the car isn't ever going away. But I find it limiting somehow." The view is never like this.
The port comes into view below.
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Date: 2013-07-24 01:43 am (UTC)"No, I think the car increases in popularity. From what I know of your era, there is more, oh, what would Claudia call it, public transportation, busses or trains or things like that, than there is in the future."
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Date: 2013-07-24 01:48 am (UTC)"We're now over Long Beach, and near Orange County. Want to see the orange groves?"
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Date: 2013-07-24 01:52 am (UTC)She grins again, pulling her brain out of thoughts of transportation and the future. "That would be absolutely lovely. I don't think I've actually seen orange groves before."
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Date: 2013-07-24 10:38 pm (UTC)"Where to next? Further south, back up the coast, or back to the field? I have enough fuel to hold out a while longer." Though not that much, since this is a prototype and it's best not to have too much, in case he has to ditch.
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Date: 2013-07-24 10:50 pm (UTC)"Hm. I do not know the terrain around here, but perhaps back out to the coast." There's that sparkle in her eyes again.
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Date: 2013-07-24 11:54 pm (UTC)He also wonders if he met any of the children or grandchildren of Helena's social set during his time in London.
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Date: 2013-07-25 12:04 am (UTC)She doesn't run out of stories for quite a while, going from prominent names that Howard would likely know to others who were lost to history.
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