Lying undamaged beneath the big parachute. There was no sign of David but a few minutes later Base called to say that he'd been found. The plotters at Number Two Station had picked up the tiny echo from his parachute and sent a 'copter to collect him. He was in the hospital twenty minutes later but we stayed out in the desert for several hours checking over the machines and making arrangements to retrieve them. When at last we got back to Base we were pleased to see our best-hated science-reporters... read more
