Аэропорт / Аirport

Mel had confidence in Ned Ordway

once in a while.” Mentally, Mel Bakersfeld filtered out most of the exchange, though he was aware that

do you birds in the penthouse have any idea what it’s like out on the field

They should be through, or almost

Terminal waiting areas were jammed

wheels were deeply mired in the ground beneath snow.

large, dark shadow ahead proved to be a massive tractor-trailer unit on its side. The cumbersome eighteen-wheeled vehicle was spread across the road, blocking all traffic movement. Two state police

urging unsuccessfully for months.

“I hear the captain told the passengers it’d take an hour to get another truck, that they had a movie and liquor aboard, and the sun was shining in California. Everybody voted to get the hell out. I would, too.”