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The Horror of the Heights Text

horror - Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen

heights - Höhen; Höhe, Größe

The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of humour, has now been abandoned by all who have examined the matter. The most macabre and imaginative of plotters would hesitate before linking his morbid fancies with the unquestioned and tragic facts which reinforce the statement. Though the assertions contained in it are amazing and even monstrous, it is none the less forcing itself upon the general intelligence that they are true, and that we must readjust our ideas to the new situation.

extraordinary - außerordentlich, außergewöhnlich

narrative - erzählend, erzählerisch, in erzählender Form darlegend

fragment - Fragment, Bruchstück, Satzfragment, fragmentieren

elaborate - ausarbeiten; ausführlich, durchdacht, ausführen

practical joke - Schabernack

evolved - weiterentwickelt; andauern, fortdauern, verändern, entwickeln

unknown - unbekannt; Unbekannte; Unbekannter

cursed - verflucht, verfluchte; (curs) verflucht, verfluchte

perverted - Perversling

sinister - unheimlich

sense - Sinn; Gefühl, Verstand, Bedeutung, wahrnehmen, empfinden

humour - Humor; Laune, Stimmung, Körpersaft

abandoned - im Stich lassen, preisgeben, verlassen, abbrechen

examined - untersucht; untersuchen, untersuchen, untersuchen, prüfen

matter - Materie; Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit, Anlass

macabre - makaber; grausig

imaginative - einfallsreich

plotters - Verschwörer; Schreiber, Kurvenzeichner, Plotter

hesitate - zögern, stammeln

linking - Verknüpfung, Gelenk, Bindeglied; verbinden, binden; Kulisse

morbid - morbide; morbid; krankhaft

fancies - Lust; extravagant, originell

unquestioned - unbestritten

tragic - tragisch

reinforce - verstärken, aussteifen, versteifen, festigen, bekräftigen

though - aber; trotzdem, doch, allerdings, obwohl, obgleich

assertions - Behauptungen; Versicherung, Zusicherung, Behauptung, Beteuerung

contained - enthalten

monstrous - ungeheuerlich, monströs, grotesk, monsterhaft, monsterartig

none - kein, nichts, keines, keine, keiner, gar nicht

forcing - zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht, Einfluss, Gewalt

itself - von selbst, von allein, sich selbst

upon - auf; mit

general - allgemein, generell, General

intelligence - Intelligenz, Klugheit, intelligentes Leben

readjust - nachjustieren; nachregeln, neu anpassen, nachstellen

This world of ours appears to be separated by a slight and precarious margin of safety from a most singular and unexpected danger. I will endeavour in this narrative, which reproduces the original document in its necessarily somewhat fragmentary form, to lay before the reader the whole of the facts up to date, prefacing my statement by saying that, if there be any who doubt the narrative of Joyce-Armstrong, there can be no question at all as to the facts concerning Lieutenant Myrtle, R. N., and Mr. Hay Connor, who undoubtedly met their end in the manner described.

Appears - Erscheint; erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen

be separated - in Trennung leben

Slight - geringfügig, leicht, unbedeutend

precarious - prekär

margin - Seitenrand; Gewinnspanne, Gewinnmarge, Einschuss

safety - Sicherheit, Gefahrlosigkeit, Griffsicherung, Safety

singular - einzeln; einzigartig; ungewöhnlich; singularisch; singulär; Einzahl

unexpected - unerwartet

danger - Gefahr, Risiko, Bedrohung; (dang); Gefahr, Risiko, Bedrohung

endeavour - sich nach Kräften bemühen; Bestrebung, Bestreben; Bemühung

reproduces - reproduziert; reproduzieren, sich vermehren, sich reproduzieren

original document - Urbeleg , Urschrift

necessarily - unbedingt

somewhat - etwas, einigermaßen

fragmentary - bruchstückhaft; fragmentarisch

lay - legen; richten (Tisch)

prefacing - Vorwort

concerning - Was bedeutet das; Sorge, Anliegen

lieutenant - Leutnant, Leutnantin, Gehilfe, Stellvertreter

Myrtle - Myrte

Mr - Herr

Hay - Heu

Undoubtedly - Zweifelsohne; zweifellos

manner - Art und Weise; Weise, Manier

The Joyce-Armstrong Fragment was found in the field which is called Lower Haycock, lying one mile to the westward of the village of Withyham, upon the Kent and Sussex border. It was on the 15th September last that an agricultural labourer, James Flynn, in the employment of Mathew Dodd, farmer, of the Chauntry Farm, Withyham, perceived a briar pipe lying near the footpath which skirts the hedge in Lower Haycock. A few paces farther on he picked up a pair of broken binocular glasses. Finally, among some nettles in the ditch, he caught sight of a flat, canvas-backed book, which proved to be a note-book with detachable leaves, some of which had come loose and were fluttering along the base of the hedge.

field - Feld, Gefilde, Heide, tHeideland

lower - niedriger, niedrigerer, ausfahren (Fahrgestell); abdämpfen

Haycock - Heuhaufen

lying - Lügen; liegend; (lie) Lügen; liegend

westward - westwärts

Kent - Kent

border - Grenze; Rand; Beet, Streifen, begrenzen, angrenzen, säumen

Last - letzte, zuletzt, letzter, vorig; dauern, andauern

agricultural labourer - Landarbeiter

James - Jakobus, Jakobus, Jakob

employment - Anstellung; Beschäftigung, Erwerbstätigkeit, Arbeit, Gebrauch

perceived - wahrgenommen; wahrnehmen

briar - Dornbusch; Dornstrauch

pipe - Flöte; Orgelpfeife; Rohr; senkrechter Strich

footpath - Fußweg, Fußpfad

hedge - Hecke

paces - Schritte; Tempo, Stufe, Schritt

picked - ausgewählt; Foto

binocular - binokular

finally - schließlich; endlich; definitiv, checkletztendlich

among - unter, zwischen, untereinander

nettles - Nesseln; Nessel, Brennnessel

ditch - Straßengraben, Wassergraben, Bach; auf dem Wasser notlanden

caught - erwischt; Fang, Fang, Haken, Fang, fangen, fangen, einfangen

sight - Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht, Visier, erblicken, anvisieren

canvas - Leinwand, Segeltuch

proved - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten

detachable - abnehmbar

loose - verlassen, lose, locker

fluttering - Flatterhaft; flattern, wedeln

along - entlang, längs, weiter

base - Grundzahl, Unterlage, Basis, Grund; Bettrost

These he collected, but some, including the first, were never recovered, and leave a deplorable hiatus in this all-important statement. The note-book was taken by the labourer to his master, who in turn showed it to Dr. J. H. Atherton, of Hartfield. This gentleman at once recognized the need for an expert examination, and the manuscript was forwarded to the Aero Club in London, where it now lies.

collected - gesammelt; eintreiben (Schulden), sammeln, einsammeln

recovered - erholt; wiederfinden, sich erholen, beikommen

deplorable - bedauernswert

hiatus - Lücke; Unterbrechung, Pause, Urlaub, Ferien

Labourer - Hilfsarbeiter; Arbeiter

Master - Haupt.., Grund, Meister, führend, leitend; bewältigen, meistern

gentleman - Herr; Herr, meine Herren

recognized - ich/er/sie erkannte, anerkennen, erkennen

expert - fachmännisch; Experte, Fachmann, Fachfrau

examination - Prüfung, Untersuchung, Test, Überprüfung

manuscript - Handschrift, Manuskript, Handschrift, Manuskript

forwarded - weitergeleitet; nachsenden, fördern, befördern, versenden

lies - Lügen; (lie down) sich hinlegen

The first two pages of the manuscript are missing. There is also one torn away at the end of the narrative, though none of these affect the general coherence of the story. It is conjectured that the missing opening is concerned with the record of Mr. Joyce-Armstrong's qualifications as an aeronaut, which can be gathered from other sources and are admitted to be unsurpassed among the air-pilots of England. For many years he has been looked upon as among the most daring and the most intellectual of flying men, a combination which has enabled him to both invent and test several new devices, including the common gyroscopic attachment which is known by his name. The main body of the manuscript is written neatly in ink, but the last few lines are in pencil and are so ragged as to be hardly legible-exactly, in fact, as they might be expected to appear if they were scribbled off hurriedly from the seat of a moving aeroplane.

torn away - weggerissen

affect - beeinflussen; beeinträchtigen, eine Vorliebe haben für, bewohnen

coherence - Kohärenz, Geschlossenheit, Zusammenhang

conjectured - vermutet; Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung, Vermutung, Hypothese

concerned - besorgt; Sorge, Anliegen

record - protokollieren, erfassen, aufzeichnen, aufnehmen; Akte

qualifications - Qualifikationen; Qualifizierung, Zertifikat

aeronaut - Aeronaut, Aeronautin

gathered - gesammelt; sammeln, versammeln

sources - Quellen; Quelle, Ursprung, Quelle, Quelle, belegen, beziehen

admitted - zugelassen; einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben

unsurpassed - unübertroffen

pilots - Piloten; Pilot, Pilotin, Flugzeugführer, Flugzeugführerin

daring - gewagt; mutig; Wagemut, Kühnheit; (dare) gewagt; mutig; Wagemut

intellectual - intellektuell; Intellektueller, Intellektuelle

combination - Kombinieren; Kombination, Kombinierte, Kombinat, Vereinigung

enabled - aktiviert; berechtigen, befähigen, ermöglichen, anordnen

invent - erfinden; ausdenken

several - mehrere, einige, verschiedene, checkeinige

devices - Geräte; Gerät

gyroscopic - gyroskopisch

attachment - Attachment, Anhang, Dateianhang, Anlage

main body - Baukörper

neatly - sauber, ordentlich, geschickt

ink - Tinte

ragged - zottig, dilettantisch, struppig, zerlumpt; (rag) zottig

hardly - hart, rau, kaum

legible - lesbar; leserlich

exactly - genau; ganz genau

expected - erwartet; erwarten, erwarten, erwarten

appear - erscheinen, auftauchen, auftreten

scribbled - gekritzelt; kritzeln; Kritzelei

hurriedly - eilig, hastig, schleuning

seat - Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel

aeroplane - Flugzeug

There are, it may be added, several stains, both on the last page and on the outside cover which have been pronounced by the Home Office experts to be blood-probably human and certainly mammalian. The fact that something closely resembling the organism of malaria was discovered in this blood, and that Joyce-Armstrong is known to have suffered from intermittent fever, is a remarkable example of the new weapons which modern science has placed in the hands of our detectives.

be added - hinzugefügt

stains - Fleck, Schandfleck, Fleck, beflecken, beizen

cover - Versicherungsdeckung ;überdecken;bespannen (mit Stoff ...), decken, überziehen;Ăśberzug , Umschlag , Hülle , Titel

pronounced - ausgeprägt; verkünden, aussprechen, pronunzieren, aussprechen

Home Office - Innenministerium

experts - Experten; fachmännisch, Experte, Fachmann, Fachfrau

blood - anbluten

human - menschlich

Certainly - sicherlich, zweifellos, gewiss, freilich

mammalian - Säugetier

closely - dicht, eng, nah, nahe

resembling - ähneln, gleichen

organism - Organismus, Lebewesen

malaria - Malaria

discovered - entdeckt; entdecken, erleben, erfahren, dabei sein

suffered - gelitten; leiden, leiden, erleiden

intermittent - intermittierend

fever - Fieber, Temperaturerhöhung

remarkable - bemerkenswert, verwunderlich, denkwürdig, beachtenswert

weapons - Waffen; Waffe

Detectives - Detektive; Ermittler, Ermittlerin, Detektiv, Detektiv

And now a word as to the personality of the author of this epoch-making statement. Joyce-Armstrong, according to the few friends who really knew something of the man, was a poet and a dreamer, as well as a mechanic and an inventor. He was a man of considerable wealth, much of which he had spent in the pursuit of his aeronautical hobby. He had four private aeroplanes in his hangars near Devizes, and is said to have made no fewer than one hundred and seventy ascents in the course of last year.

personality - Persönlichkeit

author - Autor, Autorin, Verfasser, Verfasserin

epoch - Epoche, Ära

according - nach; Übereinstimmung, Einvernehmen

poet - Dichter, Dichterin; i ormal

dreamer - Träumer, Träumerin, Schwärmer

mechanic - Mechaniker, Mechanikerin

inventor - Erfinder, Erfinderin

considerable - erheblich, beträchtlich, beachtlich

wealth - Reichtum, Vermögen, Fülle

pursuit - Verfolgung

aeronautical - aeronautisch

private - privat; privat

aeroplanes - Flugzeuge; Flugzeug

hangars - Hangar

ascents - Aufstiege; erman: Anstieg g, Aufstieg g; Besteigung g, Aufstieg

He was a retiring man with dark moods, in which he would avoid the society of his fellows. Captain Dangerfield, who knew him better than anyone, says that there were times when his eccentricity threatened to develop into something more serious. His habit of carrying a shot-gun with him in his aeroplane was one manifestation of it.

retiring - in den Ruhestand gehen; pensionieren, zurücktreten

moods - Stimmungen; Anwandlung, Stimmung, launisch

avoid - ausweichen; meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden, entkräften

Society - Gesellschaft

fellows - Kameraden; Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl

captain - Stabshauptmann, Kapitän zur See, Kapitän, Flugkapitän

eccentricity - exzentrisches Verhalten; Exzentrizität

threatened - bedroht; drohen, bedrohen, bedrohen, androhen

develop - entwickeln

serious - ernst, seriös, ernsthaft, schwerwiegend

habit - Gepflogenheit, Angewohnheit

shot-gun - (shot-gun) Flinte

manifestation - Manifestation, Erscheinung

Another was the morbid effect which the fall of Lieutenant Myrtle had upon his mind. Myrtle, who was attempting the height record, fell from an altitude of something over thirty thousand feet. Horrible to narrate, his head was entirely obliterated, though his body and limbs preserved their configuration. At every gathering of airmen, Joyce-Armstrong, according to Dangerfield, would ask, with an enigmatic smile: "And where, pray, is Myrtle's head?

effect - Auswirkung, Eindruck, Effekt, Kraft

mind - Verstand, Geist, Sinn, Bewusstsein, Gedächtnis, Gedanken

attempting - versuchen, Versuch, Bestreben

height - Höhe; Größe

altitude - Höhe

horrible - schrecklich, abscheulich, fies, makaber

narrate - erzählen; berichten

entirely - vollständig; ganz, total, entirely

obliterated - ausgelöscht; auslöschen, verwischen

limbs - Gliedmaßen; Schenkel (geol. Falte), Glied

preserved - Konserve, Eingemachtes

configuration - Konfiguration

gathering - Erfassung, Sammeln, Lese; (gather); sammeln, versammeln

airmen - Flieger

enigmatic - rätselhaft

smile - Lächeln

Pray - Bitte bedenken Sie doch!; beten

On another occasion after dinner, at the mess of the flying school on Salisbury Plain, he started a debate as to what will be the most permanent danger which airmen will have to encounter.

Occasion - Gelegenheit; Anlass

mess - Chaos; Unordnung, Kuddelmuddel, Schlamassel

flying school - Fliegerschule

plain - unscheinbar, einfach, vollständige, ehrlich

debate - Debatte; Diskussion; Streitgespräch; debattieren

most permanent - permanenteste

encounter - mit etw. in Berührung kommen;entgegentreten, sich begegnen, treffen auf;Begegnung , Treffen , Zusammenstoß

Having listened to successive opinions as to air-pockets, faulty construction, and over-banking, he ended by shrugging his shoulders and refusing to put forward his own views, though he gave the impression that they differed from any advanced by his companions.

successive - erfolgreich

pockets - Taschen; Tasche

faulty - fehlerhaft

construction - Bau, Bauarbeit, Bauwerk, Bauwesen, Aufbau, Satzbau, Auslegung

shrugging - Schulterzucken

shoulders - schultern

refusing - Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen

forward - nachsenden, fördern, befördern, versenden, senden; dreist

views - Ansichten; Aussicht, Aussicht, Anblick, Sicht, Ansicht, Aufruf

impression - Abdruck; Eindruck, Impression, Werbeeinblendung

differed - unterschieden; sich unterscheiden

advanced - fortgeschritten; erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken

Companions - Gefährten; Begleiter, Freund, Liebhaber, Kamerad, Gefährte

It is worth remarking that after his own complete disappearance it was found that his private affairs were arranged with a precision which may show that he had a strong premonition of disaster. With these essential explanations I will now give the narrative exactly as it stands, beginning at page three of the blood-soaked note-book:

worth - wert

remarking - bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung

disappearance - Verschwinden

affairs - Angelegenheiten; Angelegenheit, Angelegenheit, Scharmützel

arranged - vereinbart; arrangieren, systematisieren, aufstellen, ordnen

precision - Präzision, Genauigkeit, Messpräzision, Wiederholgenauigkeit

premonition - Vorahnung

disaster - Katastrophe; Desaster

essential - unerlässlich; essenziell, notwendig, unverzichtbar, wesentlich

explanations - Erklärungen; Erläuterung, Erklärung, Ausführung, Erklärung

soaked - durchtränkt; durchnässen, tränken, einweichen, durchziehen

"Nevertheless, when I dined at Rheims with Coselli and Gustav Raymond I found that neither of them was aware of any particular danger in the higher layers of the atmosphere. I did not actually say what was in my thoughts, but I got so near to it that if they had any corresponding idea they could not have failed to express it. But then they are two empty, vainglorious fellows with no thought beyond seeing their silly names in the newspaper. It is interesting to note that neither of them had ever been much beyond the twenty-thousand-foot level.

nevertheless - nichtsdestoweniger, trotzdem, lauch wenn, dennoch

dined - zu Abend gegessen; Lärm, Getöse; dröhnen

neither - weder; weder X noch Y; keiner, keines

aware - wachsam, gewahr, bewusst, checkgewahr

particular - besonders; speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch, genau

layers - durch Ableger vermehren, überlagern, schichten; Auflage

atmosphere - Atmosphäre

actually - Ja, also eigentlich ...;eigentlich, wirklich, tatsächlich

thoughts - Gedanken; Gedanke

corresponding - entsprechend; entsprechen, korrespondieren, korrespondieren

failed - gescheitert; mangelhaft (Zensur 5)

express - bekunden, Eilzug, Schnellzug, ausdrücklich; ausdrücken, äußern

empty - leer; leeren, entleeren, ausleeren, leer machen

vainglorious - eingebildet

beyond - darüber hinaus; jenseits

silly - doof, dumm, albern, Dummerchen

level - Niveau; eben; auf gleicher Höhe

Of course, men have been higher than this both in balloons and in the ascent of mountains. It must be well above that point that the aeroplane enters the danger zone-always presuming that my premonitions are correct.

balloons - Luftballons; Ballon, Luftballon, Ballon, Luftballon

ascent - erman: Anstieg g; Aufstieg g; Besteigung g; Aufstieg; Anhöhe; Steigung

enters - eintritt; reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten

zone - Bereich, Distrikt, Eingabefeld

presuming - anzunehmen; annehmen, mutmaßen, vermuten

premonitions - Vorahnungen; Vorahnung

"Aeroplaning has been with us now for more than twenty years, and one might well ask: Why should this peril be only revealing itself in our day? The answer is obvious. In the old days of weak engines, when a hundred horse-power Gnome or Green was considered ample for every need, the flights were very restricted. Now that three hundred horse-power is the rule rather than the exception, visits to the upper layers have become easier and more common. Some of us can remember how, in our youth, Garros made a world-wide reputation by attaining nineteen thousand feet, and it was considered a remarkable achievement to fly over the Alps. Our standard now has been immeasurably raised, and there are twenty high flights for one in former years. Many of them have been undertaken with impunity.

peril - Gefahr, Risiko

revealing - aufschlussreich; gewagt

obvious - offensichtlich; selbstverständlich; deutlich; überdeutlich; offenbar; q

weak - schwach; out, unschön, häßlich, uninteressant

engines - Motoren; Motor, Triebwerk

power - Macht, Kraft, Großmacht, Stärke, Strom

gnome - Gnom

considered - berücksichtigt; überlegen, überlegen, halten, betrachten

ample - reichlich; groß, umfangreich, üppig

restricted - eingeschränkt; beschränken, begrenzen

exception - Ausnahme, Ausnahmebedingung, Exception

youth - Jugend, Jugendlichkeit, Jugendzeit, Jugendlicher, Jugendliche

wide - breit, weit

reputation - Ansehen, Ruf, Klang, Bekanntheit

attaining - zu erreichen; erreichen, erlangen

achievement - Errungenschaft, Leistung, Großtat, Heldentat, Erfolg

fly over - überfliegen

Alps - Alpen; (alp); Alm

Standard - üblich, standardmäßig, Standard, Banner, Standarte

immeasurably - unermesslich

raised - angehoben; Gehaltszulage; aufsteigen, anheben, erhöhen

former - erstgenannt, ehem. ehemalig, frühere, früher

undertaken - unternommen; unternehmen, ausführen, verpflichten

impunity - Straflosigkeit, Straffreiheit, Straflosigkeit

The thirty-thousand-foot level has been reached time after time with no discomfort beyond cold and asthma. What does this prove? A visitor might descend upon this planet a thousand times and never see a tiger. Yet tigers exist, and if he chanced to come down into a jungle he might be devoured. There are jungles of the upper air, and there are worse things than tigers which inhabit them. I believe in time they will map these jungles accurately out. Even at the present moment I could name two of them. One of them lies over the Pau-Biarritz district of France. Another is just over my head as I write here in my house in Wiltshire. I rather think there is a third in the Homburg-Wiesbaden district.

reached - erreicht; erzielen, greifen (nach), sich erstrecken; eintreffen

discomfort - Unbehagen

asthma - Asthma

Prove - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten

descend - absteigen, niedergehen, herunterkommen, herabsteigen

planet - Planet, Wandelstern

tigers - Tiger

exist - bestehen, existieren

chanced - riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall, Gelegenheit

devoured - verschlungen; verschlingen, fressen, schlingen

jungles - Urwald, Dschungel

inhabit - bewohnen

accurately - genau

district - Bezirk, Kreis, Landkreis, Stadtteil

France - Frankreich

third - dritte; Dritter, Dritte, Drittel, Drittel, Terz, dreiteilen

"It was the disappearance of the airmen that first set me thinking. Of course, everyone said that they had fallen into the sea, but that did not satisfy me at all. First, there was Verrier in France; his machine was found near Bayonne, but they never got his body. There was the case of Baxter also, who vanished, though his engine and some of the iron fixings were found in a wood in Leicestershire. In that case, Dr. Middleton, of Amesbury, who was watching the flight with a telescope, declares that just before the clouds obscured the view he saw the machine, which was at an enormous height, suddenly rise perpendicularly upwards in a succession of jerks in a manner that he would have thought to be impossible. That was the last seen of Baxter. There was a correspondence in the papers, but it never led to anything. There were several other similar cases, and then there was the death of Hay Connor.

set - gesetzt; Seth

satisfy - befriedigen, zufriedenstellen

vanished - verschwunden; verschwinden, vergehen, sich verflüchtigen

engine - Motor, Triebwerk, Antrieb

iron - eisern; bügeln; in Eisen legen

fixings - Befestigungen; befestigend, fixierend, einspannend

wood - Holz

telescope - Teleskop, Fernrohr

declares - erklärt; bekanntmachen, bekanntgeben, deklarieren, ausrufen

clouds - Wolken; verschleiern

obscured - verdunkelt; obskur, dunkel, vernebelt, finster, düster

view - Aussicht; Anblick, Ansicht, Aufruf, View, sehen

enormous - enorm, riesig

suddenly - plötzlich, urplötzlich

rise - steigen; Kursanstieg; Aufgang, Gehaltszulage, Aufschwung

perpendicularly - Senkrecht

upwards - nach oben; ansteigend, aufwärts

succession - Nachfolge; Abfolge; Thronfolge

jerks - Idioten; Zuckung, Satz, Reflex, ruckweise; Wichser; erschüttern

impossible - unmöglich

correspondence - Briefwechsel, Korrespondenz

led - geführt; LED; (lead) führen, anführen

cases - Fälle; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach

Death - Tod, Exitus, der Tod, Untergang

What a cackle there was about an unsolved mystery of the air, and what columns in the halfpenny papers, and yet how little was ever done to get to the bottom of the business! He came down in a tremendous vol-plane from an unknown height. He never got off his machine and died in his pilot's seat. Died of what? 'Heart disease,'said the doctors. Rubbish! Hay Connor's heart was as sound as mine is. What did Venables say? Venables was the only man who was at his side when he died. He said that he was shivering and looked like a man who had been badly scared. 'Died of fright,'said Venables, but could not imagine what he was frightened about. Only said one word to Venables, which sounded like 'Monstrous.'They could make nothing of that at the inquest. But I could make something of it. Monsters! That was the last word of poor Harry Hay Connor. And he DID die of fright, just as Venables thought.

cackle - Gackern, Gegacker

unsolved - ungelöst

mystery - Geheimnis, Rätsel

columns - Spalten; Säule, Spalte, Spalte, Druckspalte, Kolumne, Kolonne

halfpenny - einen halben Penny

bottom - unten; Boden, Grund, Unterseite, passiv

tremendous - ungeheuerlich

an unknown - eine Unbekannte (Mathematik)

pilot - Pilot, Pilotin, Flugzeugführer, Flugzeugführerin, Lotse, führen

heart - Herz, Herzstück

disease - Krankheit

rubbish - Quatsch, Blödsinn, Unsinn, Mist, Müll

mine - mein, meiner

side - Seite; Flanke, Rand, Mannschaft, Team

shivering - Frösteln; schlotternde, schlotternd

badly - schlecht

scared - verängstigt; erschrocken, bange

frightened - verängstigt; Angst machen, erschrecken, schrecken, beängstigen

inquest - Untersuchung, gerichtliche Untersuchung

monsters - Monster

Harry - Harry

"And then there was Myrtle's head. Do you really believe-does anybody really believe-that a man's head could be driven clean into his body by the force of a fall? Well, perhaps it may be possible, but I, for one, have never believed that it was so with Myrtle. And the grease upon his clothes-'all slimy with grease,'said somebody at the inquest. Queer that nobody got thinking after that! I did-but, then, I had been thinking for a good long time. I've made three ascents-how Dangerfield used to chaff me about my shot-gun-but I've never been high enough. Now, with this new, light Paul Veroner machine and its one hundred and seventy-five Robur, I should easily touch the thirty thousand tomorrow. I'll have a shot at the record. Maybe I shall have a shot at something else as well.

Anybody - Ist da jemand; jemand, wer

force - Kraft; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht, Einfluss

Perhaps - vielleicht, wohl

grease - Fett; Schmierfett, Schmiere, schmieren, bestechen

slimy - schleimig; schmierig, aalglatt

queer - seltsam; unwohl; schwul, lesbisch, queer, Queers, Homosexueller

chaff - Spreu, q ow rare, Düppel

shot - Schuss; (to shoot up) aufschießen

gun - Waffe; Geschütz, Gewehr, Knarre, Revolver

Paul - Paulus, Paul

easily - leicht

touch - anfassen, berühren, Berührung, Tasten, Spur

shall - sollen

Of course, it's dangerous. If a fellow wants to avoid danger he had best Keep out of flying altogether and subside finally into flannel slippers and a dressing-gown. But I'll visit the air-jungle tomorrow-and if there's anything there I shall know it. If I return, I'll find myself a bit of a celebrity. If I don't this note-book may explain what I am trying to do, and how I lost my life in doing it. But no drivel about accidents or mysteries, if YOU please.

fellow - Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl

Keep out - Eintritt verboten!;Betreten verboten!

altogether - ganz und gar, ohne Ausnahme, ausnahmslos, insgesamt

subside - einsinken; abklingen, nachlassen, abschwellen

flannel - Flanell

slippers - Hausschuhe; Hausschuh, Latschen, Pantoffel, Patschen, Puschen

dressing-gown - (dressing-gown) Morgenrock , Schlafrock , Morgenmantel ;Bademantel (Morgenmantel)

jungle - Urwald, Dschungel

myself - mich selbst; mich

bit - Häppchen, Gebiss, Bit

celebrity - berühmte Person, Prominenter, Prominente

drivel - Gefasel; Gelaber, sabbern

accidents - Unfälle; Unfall, Zufall, Unfall, Unfall, Unfall

mysteries - Geheimnisse; Geheimnis

"I chose my Paul Veroner monoplane for the job. There's nothing like a monoplane when real work is to be done. Beaumont found that out in very early days. For one thing it doesn't mind damp, and the weather looks as if we should be in the clouds all the time. It's a bonny little model and answers my hand like a tender-mouthed horse. The engine is a ten-cylinder rotary Robur working up to one hundred and seventy-five. It has all the modern improvements-enclosed fuselage, high-curved landing skids, brakes, gyroscopic steadiers, and three speeds, worked by an alteration of the angle of the planes upon the Venetian-blind principle. I took a shot-gun with me and a dozen cartridges filled with buck-shot.

monoplane - Eindecker

damp - feucht; Feuchtigkeit; ersticken, dämpfen

bonny - hübsche

tender - zärtlich; empfindlich, Ausschreibung, Angebot, zart; andienen

cylinder - Zylinder, Brennkammer, Rolle

rotary - drehen; rotierbar, rotierend

improvements - Verbesserungen; Verbesserung

enclosed - eingeschlossen; beifügen, einschliessen

fuselage - Flugzeugrumpf; Rumpf

curved - gekrümmt; Kurve, Kurve, Linie, Kurven, biegen, verbiegen

skids - Kufen; Schleudern, Talfahrt, Gestell; rutschen, schleudern; Kufe

brakes - den Hintermann ausbremsen; Bremse, Unterholz, Farn

steadiers - fester

speeds - Geschwindigkeiten; Drehzahl, Gang, rasen, Tempo, Eile

alteration - Abänderung; Änderung, Veränderung

angle - Winkel; Angel

venetian - venezianisch; Venezianer, Venezianerin

blind - blind, unkritisch, ignorant, Jalousie, Blind, Blinder, Blinde

principle - Grundsatz, Prinzip, Naturgesetz

dozen - Dutzend; Dutzende (''of'': von)

cartridges - Patronen; Patrone, Patrone, Kartusche

Buck - Dollar, Bock (Tier), Rammler; bocken

You should have seen the face of Perkins, my old mechanic, when I directed him to put them in. I was dressed like an Arctic explorer, with two jerseys under my overalls, thick socks inside my padded boots, a storm-cap with flaps, and my talc goggles. It was stifling outside the hangars, but I was going for the summit of the Himalayas, and had to dress for the part. Perkins knew there was something on and implored me to take him with me. Perhaps I should if I were using the biplane, but a monoplane is a one-man show-if you want to get the last foot of life out of it. Of course, I took an oxygen bag; the man who goes for the altitude record without one will either be frozen or smothered-or both.

directed - gerichtet; direkt, unmittelbar, beaufsichtigen, inszenieren

Arctic - arktisch, arktisch, Arktis

explorer - Forscher, Forscherin, Entdecker

jerseys - Trikots; Pullover, Jersey

overalls - gesamt

thick - dick; dicht; plump; mitten in

socks - Socken, Socke, Faustschlag

inside - Innenseite, Inneres, Innen-, Inner-, drinnen, hinein, innerhalb

padded - gepolstert; Unterlage, Polster, Matte, Stütze

storm - stürmen; Sturm

cap - Ventilkappe; Mütze, Haube, Kappe, Deckel; Laufflächenkrone

flaps - Klappe, klappen, Patte (an einer Tasche); Hosenklappe

talc - Talkum; Talk

goggles - Schutzbrille; glotzen

stifling - erstickend; (stifle) erstickend

summit - Gipfel

implored - angefleht; anflehen

biplane - Doppeldecker

oxygen - Sauerstoff, Oxygen, Oxygenium, Sauerstoffatom

either - auch nicht; beide; auch, ebenso, ebenfalls, entweder, entweder

frozen - eingefroren; frieren

smothered - erdrückt; ersticken

"I had a good look at the planes, the rudder-bar, and the elevating lever before I got in. Everything was in order so far as I could see. Then I switched on my engine and found that she was running sweetly. When they let her go she rose almost at once upon the lowest speed.

rudder - Ruder, Steuer, Steuerruder; (rud); Ruder, Steuer, Steuerruder

bar - Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste, Stange, Strich

elevating - erhöhen, anheben, erhöhen

lever - Montiereisen (Reifen); Hebel

switched on - angeknipst

sweetly - süß

rose - Rosa; (rise); Rosa

almost - fast, beinahe, so gut wie

lowest - niedrigsten; Lowe

Speed - Geschwindigkeit; Drehzahl, Gang, rasen, Tempo, Eile

I circled my home field once or twice just to warm her up, and then with a wave to Perkins and the others, I flattened out my planes and put her on her highest. She skimmed like a swallow down wind for eight or ten miles until I turned her nose up a little and she began to climb in a great spiral for the cloud-bank above me. It's all-important to rise slowly and adapt yourself to the pressure as you go.

circled - eingekreist; Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Zirkel, Kreis

wave to - zuwinken

flattened - abgeflacht; plätten, flachmachen, planieren, plattmachen

skimmed - abgeschöpft; springen lassen; hüpfen lassen; q

swallow - schlucken, verschlingen, anbeißen, einstecken

wind - aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen

spiral - Spirale; Helix

cloud - Wolke; verschleiern

slowly - langsam

adapt - anpassen, angleichen, anwenden, einrichten

pressure - Druck; unter Druck setzen

"It was a close, warm day for an English September, and there was the hush and heaviness of impending rain. Now and then there came sudden puffs of wind from the south-west-one of them so gusty and unexpected that it caught me napping and turned me half-round for an instant. I remember the time when gusts and whirls and air-pockets used to be things of danger-before we learned to put an overmastering power into our engines. Just as I reached the cloud-banks, with the altimeter marking three thousand, down came the rain. My word, how it poured! It drummed upon my wings and lashed against my face, blurring my glasses so that I could hardly see. I got down on to a low speed, for it was painful to travel against it. As I got higher it became hail, and I had to turn tail to it. One of my cylinders was out of action-a dirty plug, I should imagine, but still I was rising steadily with plenty of power. After a bit the trouble passed, whatever it was, and I heard the full, deep-throated purr-the ten singing as one. That's where the beauty of our modern silencers comes in. We can at last control our engines by ear.

Hush - Pst; verstummen, still werden, zum Schweigen bringen, Stille

heaviness - Schwere

impending - bevorstehend; bevorstehen, drohen, sich ankündigen

sudden - plötzlich, jäh

puffs - pusten; Hauch

gusty - böig; stürmisch

napping - Schlummern; Nickerchen, Schläfchen

round - runden; Kontrollgang, Runde, Rundgang, rund

instant - sofort; augenblicklich, tafelfertig, Moment

gusts - Böen; Windstoß, Bö

whirls - wirbelt; wirbeln, wirbeln, lschnell, Wirbeln

overmastering - überwältigend; überwältigen, bezwingen

altimeter - Höhenmesser, Altimeter

marking - Kennzeichnung, Stempelung, markierend; (mark); Markus

poured - geschüttet; schütten, einschenken, gießen

drummed - getrommelt; Trommel

wings - Flügel, t+Schwinge, Flügel, Flügel, t+Gebäudeflügel, Flügel

lashed - festgezurrt; Peitsche, Wimper; anbinden

against - gegen, mit, wider

blurring - verschwimmen, verwischen, verschmieren, verschwimmen

low - tief, niedrig, nieder, leise (Stimme); muhen, blöken (Rind)

painful - schmerzhaft

hail - jdm. zujubeln;(Hail to thee!) Wohl dir!, Sei gegrüßt!

turn tail - Fersengeld

cylinders - Zylindern; Zylinder, Zylinder, Zylinder, Zylinder, Brennkammer

plug - Stecker; Stöpsel, Stopfen, Pfropfen, Pfropf

rising - steigend, aufgehend; (rise); steigend, aufgehend

steadily - beständig; stetige, stet, zuverlässig

plenty - viel; Fülle, Überfluss

trouble - Probleme; Ärger; Schwierigkeit; Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe

passed - bestanden; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen

whatever - Jacke wie Hose; was immer, was auch immer, egal, naja, nebbich

deep - tief, tiefgründig, dunkel, Tiefe

throated - gekehlt; Kehle, Kehle, Rachen, Hals, Flaschenhals

purr - schnurren; Schnurren

beauty - Schönheit; Schöner, Schöne, Prachtstück

silencers - Schalldämpfer

control - steuern, kontrollieren, regeln, Kontrolle, Kontrollen, Regelung

by ear - nach Gehör

How they squeal and squeak and sob when they are in trouble! All those cries for help were wasted in the old days, when every sound was swallowed up by the monstrous racket of the machine. If only the early aviators could come back to see the beauty and perfection of the mechanism which have been bought at the cost of their lives!

squeal - verpfeifen; Schrei, Kreischen, erman: singen

squeak - quieken; Gequieke, Gequietsche, Knarren, Piepsen

sob - schluchzen; Huso

those - die; jene

cries for help - Hilferufe

wasted - verschwendet; verschwenden

swallowed up - verschluckte

racket - Schläger

aviators - Flieger

perfection - Vollkommenheit, Perfektion

mechanism - Mechanismus

"About nine-thirty I was nearing the clouds. Down below me, all blurred and shadowed with rain, lay the vast expanse of Salisbury Plain. Half a dozen flying machines were doing hackwork at the thousand-foot level, looking like little black swallows against the green background. I dare say they were wondering what I was doing up in cloud-land. Suddenly a grey curtain drew across beneath me and the wet folds of vapours were swirling round my face. It was clammily cold and miserable. But I was above the hail-storm, and that was something gained. The cloud was as dark and thick as a London fog. In my anxiety to get clear, I cocked her nose up until the automatic alarm-bell rang, and I actually began to slide backwards.

blurred - verschwimmen, verwischen, verschmieren, verschwimmen

shadowed - beschattet; Schatten, beschatten, beschatten

vast - riesig; beträchtlich, weit, ausgedehnt, enorm

expanse - Fläche, Ausdehnung, Weite

flying machines - Flugmaschinen

hackwork - Routinearbeit

swallows - Schwalben; schlucken, verschlingen, anbeißen, einstecken

background - Hintergrund

dare - sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern

wondering - und fragen sich; (wonder) sich wundern (über)

doing up - (do up) nachbessern

curtain - Vorhang

beneath - unter

wet - nass, feucht, befeuchten, durchnässen, nass machen

folds - falten, zusammenlegen, verschränken (Arme); Falte, gefaltete

vapours - Dämpfe; der Dampf

swirling - verwirbelt; Wirbel

clammily - feuchtkalt, klebrig

miserable - unglücklich; elend, erbärmlich, jämmerlich, miserabel

hail - Hagel; jdm. zujubeln; (Hail to thee!) Wohl dir!, Sei gegrüßt!

Gained - Gewonnen; Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung; erwerben, gewinnen

Fog - umnebeln, verschleiern; (dicker) Nebel, Nebel

anxiety - Ängste; Besorgnis, Angst, Sorge

clear - klar, durchsichtig, hell, frei

cocked - aufgespannt; Vogelmännchen; Gockel

automatic - automatisch; Maschine

alarm-bell - (alarm-bell) Alarmglocke

actually - eigentlich, tatsächlich, in Wirklichkeit, in Wahrheit

slide - gleiten; ausrutschen; Rutsche; Erdrutsch; Dia, Klarsichtfolie

backwards - zurück, nach hinten, rückwärts, rückwärts, zögerlich, gehemmt

My sopped and dripping wings had made me heavier than I thought, but presently I was in lighter cloud, and soon had cleared the first layer. There was a second-opal-coloured and fleecy-at a great height above my head, a white, unbroken ceiling above, and a dark, unbroken floor below, with the monoplane labouring upwards upon a vast spiral between them. It is deadly lonely in these cloud-spaces. Once a great flight of some small water-birds went past me, flying very fast to the westwards. The quick whir of their wings and their musical cry were cheery to my ear. I fancy that they were teal, but I am a wretched zoologist. Now that we humans have become birds we must really learn to know our brethren by sight.

sopped - eingeweicht; eintunken; Besänftigungsmittel, Pappnase

dripping - tropft; Bratenfett; (drip) tropft; Bratenfett

heavier - Schwerer; heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)

Presently - Gegenwärtig; sogleich

cleared - geklärt; klar, durchsichtig, klar, hell, klar, frei, klar

layer - durch Ableger vermehren, überlagern, schichten; Auflage

opal - Opal

fleecy - flauschig; wollig

unbroken - ungebrochen

ceiling - Zimmerdecke; Zimmerdecke; (ceil) Zimmerdecke; Zimmerdecke

labouring - mühsam; Arbeit, Arbeiter-p, gebären, arbeiten

deadly - tödlich

lonely - einsam, alleinig, abgeschieden, öde

westwards - westwärts

whir - schwirren, surren

musical - musikalisch; Musical

cry - weinen; schreien; rufen; Weinen; Schrei

cheery - fröhlich; heiter, froh

fancy - schick; extravagant, originell

teal - Krickente, Kriekente, blaugrün, petrol, petrolblau

wretched - unglücklich; sehr schlecht, miserabel, wertlos

zoologist - Zoologe, Zoologin

humans - Menschen; menschlich, menschlich

brethren - Brüdern

by sight - vom Sehen

"The wind down beneath me whirled and swayed the broad cloud-plain. Once a great eddy formed in it, a whirlpool of vapour, and through it, as down a funnel, I caught sight of the distant world. A large white biplane was passing at a vast depth beneath me. I fancy it was the morning mail service betwixt Bristol and London. Then the drift swirled inwards again and the great solitude was unbroken.

whirled - gewirbelt; wirbeln, wirbeln, lschnell, Wirbeln

swayed - schwankte; Schwingen

broad - breit, deutliche, großräumig

eddy - Strudel

whirlpool - Wirbel, Strudel, Stromschnelle

vapour - Wasserdampf; der Dampf

funnel - Trichter

distant - weit entfernt; abgelegen, abstehend, distanziert, entfernt

passing - vorübergehend, verrinnend ''(poetic)'', hervorragend

depth - Tiefe

mail - Post versenden; Post, post

service - warten; Bedienung, Dienstleistung, Betrieb

betwixt - Dazwischen; zwischen

drift - Drift; driften, treiben, irren, ziellos ziehen, ziellos wandern

swirled - verwirbelt; Wirbel

inwards - innere, innen

solitude - Einsamkeit, Alleinsein

"Just after ten I touched the lower edge of the upper cloud-stratum. It consisted of fine diaphanous vapour drifting swiftly from the westwards. The wind had been steadily rising all this time and it was now blowing a sharp breeze-twenty-eight an hour by my gauge. Already it was very cold, though my altimeter only marked nine thousand. The engines were working beautifully, and we went droning steadily upwards. The cloud-bank was thicker than I had expected, but at last it thinned out into a golden mist before me, and then in an instant I had shot out from it, and there was an unclouded sky and a brilliant sun above my head-all blue and gold above, all shining silver below, one vast, glimmering plain as far as my eyes could reach. It was a quarter past ten o'clock, and the barograph needle pointed to twelve thousand eight hundred. Up I went and up, my ears concentrated upon the deep purring of my motor, my eyes busy always with the watch, the revolution indicator, the petrol lever, and the oil pump. No wonder aviators are said to be a fearless race.

touched - berührt; anfassen, berühren, rühren, Berührung, Berührung

edge - Rand; Seite, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide, schieben

stratum - schicht; Bank

consisted - bestand; zusammensetzend, besteht aus; bestehen (aus)

diaphanous - durchsichtig

drifting - treiben lassen; Drift, driften, treiben, irren, ziellos ziehen

Swiftly - Zügig; schnell, flink, behände

blowing - (to blow) blasen, wehen, pusten

sharp - scharf; scharfsinning; spitz, -is, hoch, stechend

breeze - Brise, Hauch

gauge - Meter, Messgerät, Maß, Meter, messen

marked - markiert; Markus, Markus, Markus

beautifully - schön

droning - dröhnen, brummen, eintönig reden, herleiern; Drohne, Basspfeife

thicker - dicker; dick, dick, dicht, dick, plump, mitten in

Golden - golden, goldgelb

mist - Nebel

sky - Himmel; (am) Firmament

brilliant - strahlend, brillant, genial, Brillant, Diamant

shining - glänzen; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)

silver - versilbern; silbern, Silber; Silberbesteck

glimmering - schimmernd, flimmernd; (glimmer); Schimmer; glimmern

reach - erreichen; erzielen, greifen (nach)

barograph - Luftdruckschreiber

needle - Nadel; hänseln

concentrated - konzentriert; konzentrieren, sich konzentrieren, konzentrieren

purring - schnurren, surren, summen; (pur) schnurren, surren, summen

motor - Motor, Triebwerk, Antrieb

revolution - Revolution; Umdrehung

indicator - Indikator, Anzeige, Zeiger, Blinker; q

petrol - Benzin

oil pump - Ă–lpumpe

wonder - Wunder, Mirakel, wundern

fearless - furchtlos

race - um die Wette rennen; Rasse, Menschenschlag, Rennen

With so many things to think of there is no time to trouble about oneself. About this time I noted how unreliable is the compass when above a certain height from earth. At fifteen thousand feet mine was pointing east and a point south. The sun and the wind gave me my true bearings.

oneself - sich selbst; selbst, sich

unreliable - unzuverlässig

compass - Kompass

Certain - gewiss, sicher, irgendein, bestimmt

earth - Erde, Land, Grund

bearings - tragend, Manieren, Lager (Maschinenbau)

"I had hoped to reach an eternal stillness in these high altitudes, but with every thousand feet of ascent the gale grew stronger. My machine groaned and trembled in every joint and rivet as she faced it, and swept away like a sheet of paper when I banked her on the turn, skimming down wind at a greater pace, perhaps, than ever mortal man has moved.

eternal - ewig

stillness - Stille

altitudes - Höhenlagen; Höhe, Höhe, Höhe

gale - Orkan; Sturm

groaned - gestöhnt; Stöhnen

trembled - gezittert; zittern, Zittern

joint - Gelenk; gemeinschaftlich, gemeinsam, gemeinsame, gemeinsamer

Rivet - Niet; vernieten; Aufmerksamkeit richten auf, Blick heften auf

swept away - weggefegt

sheet - Blatt, Bogen, Blech, Platte, Lage, Schicht, Schot

skimming - Abschöpfen; über das Wasser hüpfen lassen; (skim); springen lassen; hüpfen lassen; q orthern and central Germany; abprallen; überfliegen; abschöpfen

pace - Tempo, Stufe, Schritt

mortal - sterblich; tödlich; Sterblicher, Sterbliche

Yet I had always to turn again and tack up in the wind's eye, for it was not merely a height record that I was after. By all my calculations it was above little Wiltshire that my air-jungle lay, and all my labour might be lost if I struck the outer layers at some farther point.

tack - Stift; heften, kreuzen; anheften (schweißen)

merely - bloß, lediglich, nur, schier

calculations - Berechnungen; Berechnung

labour - Arbeit; Arbeiter; gebären; arbeiten

be lost - verloren gehen, nicht mehr weiterwissen, sich verirrt haben

struck - angeschlagen; streichen, schlagen, prägen, streiken, scheinen

"When I reached the nineteen-thousand-foot level, which was about midday, the wind was so severe that I looked with some anxiety to the stays of my wings, expecting momentarily to see them snap or slacken. I even cast loose the parachute behind me, and fastened its hook into the ring of my leathern belt, so as to be ready for the worst. Now was the time when a bit of scamped work by the mechanic is paid for by the life of the aeronaut. But she held together bravely. Every cord and strut was humming and vibrating like so many harp-strings, but it was glorious to see how, for all the beating and the buffeting, she was still the conqueror of Nature and the mistress of the sky.

midday - mittags; Mittag, mittägig

severe - schwerwiegend; streng

expecting - erwarten; werdende; (expect); erwarten

momentarily - Momentan

snap - Knacken, Knallen, Schnappen, Zuschnappen, Schnippen, Schnalzen

slacken - erlahmen; entspannen

cast - werfen; wegwerfen, hinwerfen, gießen, Cast, Besetzung, Ensemble

parachute - Fallschirm; Schwungtuch; mit dem Fallschirm abspringen

fastened - befestigen, festmachen

hook into - einhaken

leathern - ledern

belt - Gürtel; Gurt; Riemen, Zone, schmettern

scamped - geschuftet; pfuschen, Schuft

held together - zusammengehalten

bravely - mutig; tapfer, artig

cord - Schnur, Kordel, Strick, Kabel, Litze

strut - Stütze (Bauwesen), Strebebalken; stolzieren, verstreben

humming - Brummen; (to hum) summen, murmeln; (hum); Summen

vibrating - vibrieren, Vibration

harp - Harfe; auf (etwas) herumreiten

strings - Schnur, Zeichenkette, String, Saite, String, auffädeln

glorious - ruhmvoll, glorreich, herrlich, prachtvoll

beating - Schlagen, Prügel, Verprüglung, vernichtende Niederlage

buffeting - buffing; Flatterschwingung; (buffet) buffing; Flatterschwingung

Conqueror - Eroberer, Erobererin, Bezwinger, Bezwingerin

nature - Natur, Art

Mistress - Frau, Meisterin, Herrscherin, Mätresse, Liebhaberin, Domina

There is surely something divine in man himself that he should rise so superior to the limitations which Creation seemed to impose-rise, too, by such unselfish, heroic devotion as this air-conquest has shown. Talk of human degeneration! When has such a story as this been written in the annals of our race?

surely - bestimmt, sicherlich

divine - göttlich

superior - überlegen, höher, höherstehend, übergeordnet, Vorgesetzter

limitations - Einschränkungen; Limitieren

creation - Erfindung, Werk, Kreation, Schöpfung

seemed - schien; scheinen, dünken

impose - aufdrängen; auferlegen, aufzwingen

such - solch, derartig, so ein

unselfish - selbstlos

heroic - heldenhaft, heroisch

devotion - Hingebung, Hingabe, Zuneigung, Zuwendung

conquest - Eroberung; Conquest-Modus, Conquestmodus

degeneration - Entartung; Degeneration

"These were the thoughts in my head as I climbed that monstrous, inclined plane with the wind sometimes beating in my face and sometimes whistling behind my ears, while the cloud-land beneath me fell away to such a distance that the folds and hummocks of silver had all smoothed out into one flat, shining plain. But suddenly I had a horrible and unprecedented experience. I have known before what it is to be in what our neighbours have called a tourbillon, but never on such a scale as this. That huge, sweeping river of wind of which I have spoken had, as it appears, whirlpools within it which were as monstrous as itself. Without a moment's warning I was dragged suddenly into the heart of one. I spun round for a minute or two with such velocity that I almost lost my senses, and then fell suddenly, left wing foremost, down the vacuum funnel in the centre. I dropped like a stone, and lost nearly a thousand feet. It was only my belt that kept me in my seat, and the shock and breathlessness left me hanging half-insensible over the side of the fuselage. But I am always capable of a supreme effort-it is my one great merit as an aviator.

inclined - geneigt; neigen, neigen, neigen, Neigung, Anstieg, Gefälle

whistling - (whistle) pfeifen; (whistle); Pfeife, Trillerpfeife, Flöte

distance - Distanz, Entfernung, Abstand, Ferne, Weite, entfernen

hummocks - Buckelpisten; Eishügel

smoothed - geglättet; glatt, reibungslos, problemlos, glatt, glatt, glatt

shining - glänzen; Schienbein; hinaufklettern

unprecedented - noch nie dagewesen

Experience - Erlebnis, Erfahrung, Praxis

scale - Maßstab; Skala, Kesselsteine, Schuppe; ersteigen, erklettern

huge - riesig

sweeping - erman:; Fegen, Kehren; (sweep); fegen, kehren, rauschen

whirlpools - Wirbel, Strudel, Stromschnelle

within - in, innerhalb

warning - Warnung, Mahnung, Achtung; (warn); warnen, mahnen

dragged - geschleppt; Planierschleppe; nachschleppen, schleppen, ziehen

spun round - umspann

velocity - Geschwindigkeit; Frequenz, Häufigkeit, Umlaufgeschwindigkeit

senses - Sinne; Sinn, Gefühl

Wing - Flügel, Schwinge, Gebäudeflügel, Tragfläche, tTragflügel

foremost - vor allem

vacuum - Vakuum; staubsaugen

dropped - fallen gelassen; fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben

stone - Stein; Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Kern, steinigen

nearly - beinahe, fast

shock - Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß

breathlessness - Kurzatmigkeit; Atemlosigkeit

hanging - (to hang) hängen, schweben; (hang) (to hang) hängen, schweben

insensible - unempfindlich

capable - fähig

supreme - übergeordnet; höchster, oberster

effort - Anstrengung, Aufwand

merit - Verdienst

aviator - Flieger

I was conscious that the descent was slower. The whirlpool was a cone rather than a funnel, and I had come to the apex. With a terrific wrench, throwing my weight all to one side, I levelled my planes and brought her head away from the wind. In an instant I had shot out of the eddies and was skimming down the sky. Then, shaken but victorious, I turned her nose up and began once more my steady grind on the upward spiral. I took a large sweep to avoid the danger-spot of the whirlpool, and soon I was safely above it. Just after one o'clock I was twenty-one thousand feet above the sea-level. To my great joy I had topped the gale, and with every hundred feet of ascent the air grew stiller. On the other hand, it was very cold, and I was conscious of that peculiar nausea which goes with rarefaction of the air. For the first time I unscrewed the mouth of my oxygen bag and took an occasional whiff of the glorious gas. I could feel it running like a cordial through my veins, and I was exhilarated almost to the point of drunkenness. I shouted and sang as I soared upwards into the cold, still outer world.

conscious - bei Bewusstsein, wach, aufmerksam

descent - Abstieg, Runterweg, Herkunft, Abstammung, Verschlechterung

cone - Kegel, Kegelmantel, Zapfen

apex - Gipfel; Spitze

terrific - großartig; fürchterlich, furchtbar, schrecklich

wrench - Schraubenschlüssel; reißen

throwing - Werfen; (to throw) schmeißen; (throw) Werfen; (to throw) schmeißen

weight - Gewicht; beschweren, gewichten

levelled - nivelliert; eben, auf gleicher Höhe

eddies - Wirbel; Strudel

shaken - geschüttelt; schütteln, erschüttern, schütteln, erschüttern

victorious - siegreich, obsiegend, triumphierend, triumphal, siegesstrahlend

steady - beständig; stetig; stabilisieren

grind - schleifen; radieren (Reifen), ich/er/sie schliff ab; Plackerei

upward - nach oben; ansteigend, aufwärts

sweep - fegen, kehren, rauschen, auf den Kopf stellen, fahren

spot - Fleck, Punkt, Pickel, Pustel, Bisschen, Stelle, Ort, Werbespot

safely - sicher

sea-level - (sea-level) Meereshöhe , Seehöhe

joy - Wonne (Freude, Vergnügen); Freude (über)

topped - getoppt; Oberteil, Spitze, Gipfel, Deckel, Kappe, Oberteil

peculiar - eigentümlich; merkwürdig, seltsam

nausea - Übelkeit; Ekel

rarefaction - Verdünnung

unscrewed - aufgeschraubt; abschrauben, losschrauben

occasional - gelegentlich, okkasionell

whiff - riechen; Hauch

cordial - herzlich; Sirup; Likör

veins - Venen; Vene, Ader, Geäder

exhilarated - beschwingt; beglücken, beschwingen, erregen, berauschen

drunkenness - Trunkenheit, Betrunkenheit, Alkoholberauschung

shouted - geschrien; Schrei, Zuruf; rufen, schreien, laut schreien

soared - aufgestiegen; schweben, hochfliegen, gleiten, hochschnellen

"It is very clear to me that the insensibility which came upon Glaisher, and in a lesser degree upon Coxwell, when, in 1862, they ascended in a balloon to the height of thirty thousand feet, was due to the extreme speed with which a perpendicular ascent is made. Doing it at an easy gradient and accustoming oneself to the lessened barometric pressure by slow degrees, there are no such dreadful symptoms. At the same great height I found that even without my oxygen inhaler I could breathe without undue distress. It was bitterly cold, however, and my thermometer was at zero, Fahrenheit. At one-thirty I was nearly seven miles above the surface of the earth, and still ascending steadily.

insensibility - Unempfindlichkeit; Gefühllosigkeit

lesser - abzgl. abzüglich, weniger, kleiner, wenig

ascended - aufgestiegen; steigen, aufsteigen

balloon - Ballon, Luftballon, Heißluftballon

extreme - extrem; Extrem

perpendicular - rechtwinklig; lotrecht, senkrecht, perpendikular, perpendikulär

gradient - Steigung, Gefälle, Neigung

accustoming - Eingewöhnung; gewöhnen, gewöhnen

lessened - vermindert; verringern, vermindern, nachlassen, herabsetzen

barometric - barometrisch

degrees - Abschlüsse; Diplom, akademischer Diplom, Grad, Winkelgrad

dreadful - furchtbar, schrecklich

symptoms - Symptome; Symptom

inhaler - Inhalator

breathe - atmen; einatmen; hauchen

undue - übertrieben; unangemessen

distress - Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not

bitterly - verbittert; bitterlich

thermometer - Thermometer, Wärmemesser, Temperaturmesser

Fahrenheit - Fahrenheit

surface - Oberfläche; auftauchen; publik werden, ans Licht kommen

ascending - aufsteigend; steigen, aufsteigen

I found, however, that the rarefied air was giving markedly less support to my planes, and that my angle of ascent had to be considerably lowered in consequence. It was already clear that even with my light weight and strong engine-power there was a point in front of me where I should be held. To make matters worse, one of my sparking-plugs was in trouble again and there was intermittent misfiring in the engine. My heart was heavy with the fear of failure.

rarefied - verdünnt; verdünnen, evakuieren, rarefizieren, verfeinern

markedly - deutlich; ausgesprochen

support - Rückendeckung, Auflage, Unterstützung; abstützen, befürworten

Considerably - Erheblich; wesentlich, beträchtlich, beachtlich

lowered - gesenkt; niedriger, niedrigerer

consequence - Konsequenz, Folge

held - gehalten; innehaben

matters - zählt; Materie, Materie, Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit

sparking - Funkenbildung; Funke; aufkeimen lassen, entfachen

plugs - Steckdosen; Stecker, Stöpsel, Stopfen, Pfropfen, Pfropf, Spund

misfiring - Zündaussetzer; Fehlzündung, fehlzünden, fehlschlagen

heavy - heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)

fear - fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck, Befürchtung

failure - Versagen; Misserfolg, Ausfall, Verschlechterung, Misslingen

"It was about that time that I had a most extraordinary experience. Something whizzed past me in a trail of smoke and exploded with a loud, hissing sound, sending forth a cloud of steam. For the instant I could not imagine what had happened. Then I remembered that the earth is for ever being bombarded by meteor stones, and would be hardly inhabitable were they not in nearly every case turned to vapour in the outer layers of the atmosphere.

whizzed - Gezischt; schleudern (Wäsche), zischen

trail of smoke - Rauchfahne

exploded - explodiert; sprengen, explodieren, explodieren, platzen

loud - laut

forth - weiter; heraus, hervor

steam - etwas dünsten;Dampf

for ever - für immer

bombarded - bombardiert; bombardieren

meteor - Meteor

stones - Steine; Stein, Stein, Edelstein, t+Schmuckstein, Stein, Kern

inhabitable - bewohnbar

case - Fall; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach

Here is a new danger for the high-altitude man, for two others passed me when I was nearing the forty-thousand-foot mark. I cannot doubt that at the edge of the earth's envelope the risk would be a very real one.

mark - Markus

doubt - bezweifeln, Zweifel

envelope - Umschlag; verhüllen; Kuvert, Versandtasche, Hüllenkurve

Risk - Risiko; riskieren; wagen

"My barograph needle marked forty-one thousand three hundred when I became aware that I could go no farther. Physically, the strain was not as yet greater than I could bear but my machine had reached its limit. The attenuated air gave no firm support to the wings, and the least tilt developed into side-slip, while she seemed sluggish on her controls. Possibly, had the engine been at its best, another thousand feet might have been within our capacity, but it was still misfiring, and two out of the ten cylinders appeared to be out of action. If I had not already reached the zone for which I was searching then I should never see it upon this journey. But was it not possible that I had attained it? Soaring in circles like a monstrous hawk upon the forty-thousand-foot level I let the monoplane guide herself, and with my Mannheim glass I made a careful observation of my surroundings.

physically - physisch; physikalisch

strain - Belastung; Spannung, starke Inanspruchnahme, Zug; anstrengen

as yet - bislang, bis jetzt

bear - Bär; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten

limit - Begrenzung, Grenze, Obergrenze; begrenzen

attenuated - abgeschwächt; verringern, vermindern, abschwächen, reduzieren

firm - fest, straff (Busen), Fa. Firma, gesetzt, hart

tilt - neigen; Schärfedehnung, Höchstleistung

developed - entwickelt; entwickeln, entwickeln, entwickeln, entwickeln

slip - Ausrutscher; Versprecher; Rutschen (geradeaus); Lapsus

sluggish - träge; faul, schwach, inaktiv, lustlos

controls - steuern, kontrollieren, regeln, Kontrolle, Kontrollen, Regelung

Possibly - vielleicht, eventuell, möglicherweise, negated: unmöglich

capacity - Kapazität; Befugnis

appeared - erschienen; erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen

searching - Suche, suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen, suchen

attained - erlangt; erreichen, erlangen

soaring - sich erhebend

circles - Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Zirkel, Kreis, Augenringe-p

hawk - Falke, Habicht; auf der Straße verkaufen, beizen (Jagd)

Guide - Leitfaden; lenken, führen, anleiten, leiten; Handbuch

careful - vorsichtig, behutsam, sorgfältig

observation - Beobachtung; Bemerkung

surroundings - Umgebung, umliegend

The heavens were perfectly clear; there was no indication of those dangers which I had imagined.

heavens - Himmel, Firmament

perfectly - perfekt, einwandfrei, vollkommen, durchaus

indication - Anzeichen, Anzeige, Hinweis, Indiz

dangers - Gefahren; Gefahr, Risiko

"I have said that I was soaring in circles. It struck me suddenly that I would do well to take a wider sweep and open up a new airtract.

wider - breiter; breit, weit

If the hunter entered an earth-jungle he would drive through it if he wished to find his game. My reasoning had led me to believe that the air-jungle which I had imagined lay somewhere over Wiltshire. This should be to the south and west of me. I took my bearings from the sun, for the compass was hopeless and no trace of earth was to be seen-nothing but the distant, silver cloud-plain. However, I got my direction as best I might and kept her head straight to the mark. I reckoned that my petrol supply would not last for more than another hour or so, but I could afford to use it to the last drop, since a single magnificent vol-plane could at any time take me to the earth.

Hunter - Jäger, Jagdhund, Jäger, Verfolger

entered - eingegeben; reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten

wished - gewollt; Wunsch, wünschen, wünschen

somewhere - irgendwo; irgendwohin

hopeless - hoffnungslos

trace - verfolgen; Zeichen, Spur

direction - Richtung; Führung; Regie

straight - gerade; aufrecht, aufrichtig, offen, ungeschminkt

reckoned - gerechnet; rechnen, damit rechnen, zählen

supply - Stellvertretung, Versorgung, Vorrat; liefern

afford - leisten

drop - fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben

Since - Seit wann; seitdem, seither, weil, da

single - einzeln, einzig, allein, einheitlich

magnificent - großartig; prächtig; ausgezeichnet

"Suddenly I was aware of something new. The air in front of me had lost its crystal clearness. It was full of long, ragged wisps of something which I can only compare to very fine cigarette smoke. It hung about in wreaths and coils, turning and twisting slowly in the sunlight. As the monoplane shot through it, I was aware of a faint taste of oil upon my lips, and there was a greasy scum upon the woodwork of the machine. Some infinitely fine organic matter appeared to be suspended in the atmosphere. There was no life there.

crystal - Kristall; Kristallglas, Kristall (neuter, not masculine)

clearness - Klarheit; Ăśbersichtlichkeit, Deutlichkeit

wisps - Irrlichter; Haarbüschel, Strohbündel, Wisch, Strähne

cigarette smoke - Zigarettenrauch

hung about - herumgedrückt

wreaths - Kränze; Kranz, Gebinde

Coils - Spulen; Wendel, Spule, Wicklung; aufwickeln

twisting - (to twist) drehen

sunlight - Sonnenlicht

shot through - durchgeschossen

faint - leise, schwach, undeutlich, ohnmächtig werden

taste - Geschmack, Schmecken, kosten, probieren

lips - Lippen; Lippe, Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz

greasy - schmierig, rutschig, fettig

scum - Abschaum; q

woodwork - Holzarbeiten; Holzverarbeitung; Holzarbeit; Tischlerei; Schreinerei

infinitely - unendlich

organic - biologisch, organisch, Organ

suspended - ausgesetzt; suspendieren, aufhängen, suspendieren, aufheben

It was inchoate and diffuse, extending for many square acres and then fringing off into the void. No, it was not life. But might it not be the remains of life? Above all, might it not be the food of life, of monstrous life, even as the humble grease of the ocean is the food for the mighty whale? The thought was in my mind when my eyes looked upwards and I saw the most wonderful vision that ever man has seen. Can I hope to convey it to you even as I saw it myself last Thursday?

inchoate - im Entstehen begriffen, beginnend, unausgegoren, chaotisch

diffuse - verbreiten, diffundieren, sich vermischen; diffus (Licht)

extending - erweitern, ausdehnen, erweitern, ausdehnen, ausweiten

square - quadratisch; Quadrat; Platz; Feld

acres - Hektar; Morgen, Acker, Joch

fringing - Fransen; Franse, Saum, Einfassung, Rand, Peripherie, Randgruppe

void - nichtig

remains - bleibt; Überrest (2), de

humble - bescheiden; demütig, ergeben

Ocean - Weltmeer, Ozean

mighty - gewaltig, mächtig

whale - der Wal

most wonderful - wunderbarste

vision - Sicht, Sehvermögen, Sehkraft, Augenlicht, Trugbild

convey - vermitteln; befördern, transportieren, verfrachten, übermitteln

"Conceive a jelly-fish such as sails in our summer seas, bell-shaped and of enormous size-far larger, I should judge, than the dome of St. Paul's. It was of a light pink colour veined with a delicate green, but the whole huge fabric so tenuous that it was but a fairy outline against the dark blue sky.

conceive - schwanger werden; konzipieren, erdenken, ersinnen, empfangen

jelly - Wackelpudding, Wackelpeter; Gelee, Gallert

sails - segeln, abfahren (nach); Segel; schippern (ugs.), segeln

bell - Klingel, Schelle, Glocke

shaped - geformt; Zustand, Form, Form, Form, Gestalt, Form

size - Konfektionsgröße, Körpergröße, Format; ausmessen

judge - urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist

dome - Kuppel

veined - geädert; Vene, Ader, Geäder

delicate - empfindlich, heikel, schwierig, feingliedrig, filigran

fabric - Stoff; Bau, Rohbau, Struktur, Gewebe, Textil

tenuous - dürftig; nicht stichhaltig

fairy - Fee, Elfe, Feenwesen, Naturgeister

outline - skizzieren; Umriss, Kontur, Skizze, Skizzierung, Umrisszeichnung

dark blue - dunkelblau

It pulsated with a delicate and regular rhythm. From it there depended two long, drooping, green tentacles, which swayed slowly backwards and forwards. This gorgeous vision passed gently with noiseless dignity over my head, as light and fragile as a soap-bubble, and drifted upon its stately way.

pulsated - pulsiert; pulsieren, pulsieren, pulsieren

regular - regulär, regelmäßig, Gleichmäßig, normal, gewöhnlich, Stammgast

rhythm - Rhythmus

depended - abhängt; abhängen, ankommen

drooping - hängend; durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen, herabsinken

tentacles - Tentakel

forwards - nachsenden, fördern, befördern, versenden, senden; dreist

gorgeous - fantastisch, großartig, herrlich, hinreißend

gently - sanft

noiseless - geräuschlos

dignity - Würde; Förmlichkeit; Amt

fragile - fragil, zerbrechlich

soap-bubble - (soap-bubble) Seifenblase

drifted - abgetrieben; Drift, driften, treiben, irren, ziellos ziehen

stately - stattlich

"I had half-turned my monoplane, that I might look after this beautiful creature, when, in a moment, I found myself amidst a perfect fleet of them, of all sizes, but none so large as the first. Some were quite small, but the majority about as big as an average balloon, and with much the same curvature at the top. There was in them a delicacy of texture and colouring which reminded me of the finest Venetian glass.

look after - aufpassen, sich bemühen, pfleglich behandeln

creature - Wesen, Lebewesen, Fabelwesen

amidst - inmitten von

Fleet - Flotte; Fahrzeugpark

sizes - Größen; Konfektionsgröße, Körpergröße, Format; ausmessen

majority - Mehrheit, Majorität, Erwachsenenalter

average - mittlere, Havarie, durchschnittlich; Mittelwert bilden (aus)

curvature - Krümmung; Krümmung

top - oben; Oberteil, Spitze, Gipfel, Deckel, Kappe, Oberteil, Topp

delicacy - Feinheit, Zartheit, Delikatesse, Leckerbissen, Köstlichkeit

texture - Textur; texturieren

reminded - Erinnert; erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen

Pale shades of pink and green were the prevailing tints, but all had a lovely iridescence where the sun shimmered through their dainty forms. Some hundreds of them drifted past me, a wonderful fairy squadron of strange unknown argosies of the sky-creatures whose forms and substance were so attuned to these pure heights that one could not conceive anything so delicate within actual sight or sound of earth.

pale - Pfahl, blass; bleich (vor), blass (vor)

shades - Schattierungen; Maifisch

prevailing - vorherrschend; erman: die Vorherrschaft erringen (''over'' über)

tints - färben, tönen; Farbe, Farbton

lovely - schön, hübsch, wunderbar, herrlich

iridescence - Schillern; Iridisieren

shimmered - schimmerte; schimmern

dainty - Delikatesse; fein, zart, zierlich

squadron - Schwadron; Geschwader; Staffel

strange - seltsam, sonderbar, komisch, verwunderlich, fremd, ausländisch

creatures - Kreaturen; Wesen

whose - wessen; dessen, deren, wem gehört/gehören?

substance - Substanz, Stoff

attuned - Eingestimmt; abstimmen, sich einstellen, stimmen

pure - bloß, rein

actual - tatsächlich, konkret, gegenwärtig, aktuell

"But soon my attention was drawn to a new phenomenon-the serpents of the outer air. These were long, thin, fantastic coils of vapour-like material, which turned and twisted with great speed, flying round and round at such a pace that the eyes could hardly follow them. Some of these ghost-like creatures were twenty or thirty feet long, but it was difficult to tell their girth, for their outline was so hazy that it seemed to fade away into the air around them. These air-snakes were of a very light grey or smoke colour, with some darker lines within, which gave the impression of a definite organism.

attention - Aufmerksamkeit, Beachtung, Wachsamkeit, Achtung, Habachtstellung

phenomenon - Phänomen, Erscheinung

serpents - Schlangen; Schlange, qualifieroetic, Serpent

outer air - Außenluft

material - materiell; Material, Rohstoff

twisted - verdreht; Zwirn, Biegung, Wendung, Twist, verziehen, drehen

flying round - umfliegend

ghost - Gespenst, Geist, Phantom, Spuk

girth - Sattelgurt; Umfang

hazy - verschwommen; dunstig, diesig, trüb, getrübt

fade away - abebben, abklingen

smoke - rauchen; Rauch

definite - Definitiv

One of them whisked past my very face, and I was conscious of a cold, clammy contact, but their composition was so unsubstantial that I could not connect them with any thought of physical danger, any more than the beautiful bell-like creatures which had preceded them. There was no more solidity in their frames than in the floating spume from a broken wave.

whisked - gequirlt; flitzen, wischen

clammy - klamm

contact - Kontakt, Berührung, Verbindung, Kontaktlinse, berühren

composition - Zusammenstellung; Zusammensetzung, Komposition

unsubstantial - unbedeutend

connect - verbinden; anschließen

physical - physisch, materiell, stofflich, physikalisch, körperlich

preceded - vorausgegangen; vorangehen, vorausgehen

solidity - Festigkeit

frames - ausarbeiten, entwerfen, einfassen, einrahmen, rahmen, festlegen

floating - schwebend; schwimmend, fließend, gleiten

spume - Schaum

wave - wehen, winken mit, flattern

"But a more terrible experience was in store for me. Floating downwards from a great height there came a purplish patch of vapour, small as I saw it first, but rapidly enlarging as it approached me, until it appeared to be hundreds of square feet in size. Though fashioned of some transparent, jelly-like substance, it was none the less of much more definite outline and solid consistence than anything which I had seen before.

more terrible - furchtbarere

in store - vorrätig

downwards - abwärts, nach unten, runter, nach unten gehend, absteigend

purplish - violett; brombeerfarben

patch - notdürftig reparieren, reparieren, einsetzen; Flicken

rapidly - schnell

enlarging - vergrößert; vergrößern

approached - angesprochen; sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein

fashioned - modisch; Mode, Stil, Mode, fertigen, anfertigen

solid - fest, massiv, kompakt, deftig, solide, robust, bündig

consistence - Konsistenz (1; 2)

There were more traces, too, of a physical organization, especially two vast, shadowy, circular plates upon either side, which may have been eyes, and a perfectly solid white projection between them which was as curved and cruel as the beak of a vulture.

traces - Spuren; Zeichen, Spur

organization - Organisation; Ordnung

especially - besonders, extra, speziell, außergewöhnlich, originell

shadowy - schattenhaft; schattig

circular - Kreis

plates - Teller; Platte (Druckplatte); Lagerplatte, Lochstein (Uhr)

projection - Vorsprung; Projizieren, Projektion, Prognose, Vorhersage

cruel - schrecklich; grausam (gegen)

beak - Schnabel, Zinken

vulture - Geier, Geierin, Aasgeier

"The whole aspect of this monster was formidable and threatening, and it kept changing its colour from a very light mauve to a dark, angry purple so thick that it cast a shadow as it drifted between my monoplane and the sun. On the upper curve of its huge body there were three great projections which I can only describe as enormous bubbles, and I was convinced as I looked at them that they were charged with some extremely light gas which served to buoy up the misshapen and semi-solid mass in the rarefied air. The creature moved swiftly along, keeping pace easily with the monoplane, and for twenty miles or more it formed my horrible escort, hovering over me like a bird of prey which is waiting to pounce.

aspect - Aspekt, Aktionsart

monster - Monster, Ungeheuer

formidable - Beeindruckend; respekteinflößend, furchteinflößend

threatening - bedrohlich; drohend; (threaten); drohen, bedrohen, androhen

mauve - fliederfarben; blasslila; q airly uncommon also

shadow - Schatten; beschatten

curve - Kurve; Linie; Kurven; biegen, verbiegen

projections - Projektionen; Vorsprung, Projizieren

bubbles - Blasen; Blase, Blase, Blase, Blase, blubbern

Convinced - Überzeugt; überzeugen

charged - aufgeladen; Entgelt

extremely - extrem, äußerst, krass

served - bedient; Angabe, dienen, servieren, aufschlagen

buoy - Boje, Tonne, aufbojen, flott erhalten

semi - halb..

mass - Masse; Messe (kirchlich), Gottesdienst, Menge

escort - Eskorte, Geleit, Begleitperson, eskortieren

hovering - schwebend; rütteln, verweilen, zögern, bewegen

bird of prey - Raubvogel

pounce - zuschlagen; bimsen

Its method of progression-done so swiftly that it was not easy to follow-was to throw out a long, glutinous streamer in front of it, which in turn seemed to draw forward the rest of the writhing body. So elastic and gelatinous was it that never for two successive minutes was it the same shape, and yet each change made it more threatening and loathsome than the last.

method - Methode; Verfahrensweise, Art und Weise, Weg

progression - Fortschreiten, Verlauf, Fortschritt, Vorwärtsbewegung

throw out - rauswerfen, hinauswerfen

glutinous - klebrig

streamer - Luftschlange, Magnetbandstation

rest - Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen, ausruhen

writhing - sich winden; gekrümmt; (writhe); winden, krümmen

elastic - dehnbar, elastisch, Gummiband

gelatinous - gallertartig

shape - Zustand, Form, Gestalt, Form

more threatening - bedrohlichere

loathsome - verabscheuungswürdig; ekelhaft, abscheulich, scheußlich

"I knew that it meant mischief. Every purple flush of its hideous body told me so. The vague, goggling eyes which were turned always upon me were cold and merciless in their viscid hatred. I dipped the nose of my monoplane downwards to escape it. As I did so, as quick as a flash there shot out a long tentacle from this mass of floating blubber, and it fell as light and sinuous as a whip-lash across the front of my machine. There was a loud hiss as it lay for a moment across the hot engine, and it whisked itself into the air again, while the huge, flat body drew itself together as if in sudden pain.

mischief - Unfug, Unheil, Querulantentum

flush - Wasserspülung, Wallung, Schwall; spülen, ausspülen; rot werden

hideous - scheußlich; abscheulich

vague - vage; nebelhaft, schwach, unklar, undeutlich

goggling - glotzen

merciless - unbarmherzig

viscid - zähflüssig

hatred - Hass

dipped - getaucht; einfallen, sich senken, sich neigen, färben; Dip

escape - entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht

flash - Blitzlicht; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen

tentacle - Tentakel

blubber - Speck, Blubber, Walspeck

sinuous - kurvenreich, gewunden

whip - Peitsche, Knute, Zagel, peitschen, auspeitschen

hiss - Zischen, Fauchen, Knurren

pain - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz

I dipped to a vol-pique, but again a tentacle fell over the monoplane and was shorn off by the propeller as easily as it might have cut through a smoke wreath. A long, gliding, sticky, serpent-like coil came from behind and caught me round the waist, dragging me out of the fuselage. I tore at it, my fingers sinking into the smooth, glue-like surface, and for an instant I disengaged myself, but only to be caught round the boot by another coil, which gave me a jerk that tilted me almost on to my back.

pique - reizen

Shorn - Geschoren; beraubt; (shear); abschneiden, scheren, Scherkraft

propeller - Propeller, Luftschraube

cut through - durchgeschnitten

wreath - Kranz, Gebinde, Helmwulst

gliding - Segelfliegen; Segelflug

sticky - stickig, klebrig

serpent - Schlange, Serpent

coil - Wendel, Spule, Wicklung; aufwickeln

waist - Taille; Rumpf

dragging - Planierschleppe; nachschleppen, schleppen, ziehen

tore - gerissen; (to tear) zerreißen, reißen

fingers - fingern

sinking - sinken; Untergang; (sink); sinken; senken, versenken, Spüle

smooth - glatt; reibungslos, problemlos, glätten

glue - Klebstoff, Leim, Kleber, leimen, kleben

disengaged - losgelöst; ausklinken, aushaken, entkuppeln

be caught - verfangen

jerk - Trottel; Zuckung, Satz, Reflex, ruckweise; Wichser; erschüttern

tilted - gekippt; Schärfedehnung, Höchstleistung

"As I fell over I blazed off both barrels of my gun, though, indeed, it was like attacking an elephant with a pea-shooter to imagine that any human weapon could cripple that mighty bulk. And yet I aimed better than I knew, for, with a loud report, one of the great blisters upon the creature's back exploded with the puncture of the buck-shot. It was very clear that my conjecture was right, and that these vast, clear bladders were distended with some lifting gas, for in an instant the huge, cloud-like body turned sideways, writhing desperately to find its balance, while the white beak snapped and gaped in horrible fury.

blazed - gebrannt; Lohe, Brand, Großbrand, brenne, Glut

barrels - Fässer; Fass

indeed - tatsächlich; in der Tat, genau, allerdings, checkgewiss

attacking - Attacke, Angriff, Angriff, Attacke, Anfall, Anfall, angreifen

pea - Erbsen; Erbse

Shooter - Schütze, Schützin, Schießer, Schießerin, Knarre, Ballerspiel

weapon - Waffe

cripple - Krüppel; verkrüppeln, lahm legen, lähmen, zunichte machen

bulk - Masse; Großteil

aimed - gezielt; zielen (auf); Ziel, Zweck; beabsichtigen

blisters - Blase, Blase, kritisieren, Blasen werfen

puncture - Durchstich; Einstich, Reifenpanne, durchstechen, punktieren

conjecture - Mutmaßungen; Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung, Hypothese

bladders - Blasen; Blase, Blase, Blase

distended - aufgebläht; ausweiten, dehnen, ausdehnen

lifting - Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern, Auftrieb geben, heben

sideways - seitwärts; Seitenweg

desperately - verzweifelt

balance - Gleichgewicht; Ausgewogenheit; Bilanz, Saldo, Guthaben, Rest

snapped - geschnappt; Knacken

gaped - gähnt; Zahnlücke; Lücke, Bresche, Leerstelle, Kluft

fury - Wut; Furie

But already I had shot away on the steepest glide that I dared to attempt, my engine still full on, the flying propeller and the force of gravity shooting me downwards like an aerolite. Far behind me I saw a dull, purplish smudge growing swiftly smaller and merging into the blue sky behind it. I was safe out of the deadly jungle of the outer air.

steepest - am steilsten; einweichen, abschüssig

glide - gleiten; gleiten lassen

dared - gewagt; sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern

attempt - versuchen; Versuch, Bestreben, Bestrebung, Anschlag, Attentat

force of gravity - Gravitation , Erdanziehungskraft

shooting - Schießen, Schießerei; (shoot); Schießen, Schießerei

aerolite - Aerolith

dull - stumpf; fad, langweilig, matt, blöd, blöde

smudge - verschmieren; Schmutzfleck; beschmutzen

merging - Verschmelzung; mischend, verschmelzend

safe - sicher, gefahrlos, Tresor, Safe, Geldschrank

"Once out of danger I throttled my engine, for nothing tears a machine to pieces quicker than running on full power from a height. It was a glorious, spiral vol-plane from nearly eight miles of altitude-first, to the level of the silver cloud-bank, then to that of the storm-cloud beneath it, and finally, in beating rain, to the surface of the earth. I saw the Bristol Channel beneath me as I broke from the clouds, but, having still some petrol in my tank, I got twenty miles inland before I found myself stranded in a field half a mile from the village of Ashcombe.

out of danger - außer Gefahr

throttled - erdrosselt; erdrosseln, drosseln; abdrosseln

Tears - Tränen; zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß

full power - Vollmacht

Channel - kanalisieren; Kanal

tank - Panzer, Wasserbecken, Behälter

inland - im Inland; binnenländisch, binnen

stranded - gestrandet; Strand, Ader, Faden, Strähne; auf den Strand setzen

There I got three tins of petrol from a passing motor-car, and at ten minutes past six that evening I alighted gently in my own home meadow at Devizes, after such a journey as no mortal upon earth has ever yet taken and lived to tell the tale. I have seen the beauty and I have seen the horror of the heights-and greater beauty or greater horror than that is not within the ken of man.

tins - Zinn

motor-car - (motor-car) Personenwagen , Pkw, PKW Personenkraftwagen

alighted - Ausgestiegen; landen

meadow - Wiese, Weide, Aue

ken - (know) kennen

Tale - Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel

"And now it is my plan to go once again before I give my results to the world. My reason for this is that I must surely have something to show by way of proof before I lay such a tale before my fellow-men. It is true that others will soon follow and will confirm what I have said, and yet I should wish to carry conviction from the first. Those lovely iridescent bubbles of the air should not be hard to capture. They drift slowly upon their way, and the swift monoplane could intercept their leisurely course.

Proof - Beweise; Beweis; polierte Platte; aufgehen lassen

fellow-men - (fellow-men) Mitmenschen

confirm - bestätigen, bekräftigen

wish - Wunsch; wünschen

conviction - Überzeugung; Verurteilung

iridescent - schillernd

capture - erfassen; Fang, Festnahme, Gefangennahme, Erfassung

swift - Mauersegler; schnell; Segler; Garnwinde

intercept - abfangen; Achsenabschnitt

leisurely - gemütlich; gemächlich

It is likely enough that they would dissolve in the heavier layers of the atmosphere, and that some small heap of amorphous jelly might be all that I should bring to earth with me. And yet something there would surely be by which I could substantiate my story. Yes, I will go, even if I run a risk by doing so. These purple horrors would not seem to be numerous. It is probable that I shall not see one. If I do I shall dive at once. At the worst there is always the shot-gun and my knowledge of ..."

Likely - gleicht, ähnlich, wahrscheinlich, voraussichtlich

dissolve - auflösen; auflösen

heap - Menschenmenge, Masse, Haufen, Haufe, Heap

amorphous - amorph

substantiate - begründen; beglaubigen, bestätigen, substantiieren, untermauern

horrors - Schrecken; Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen

Seem - scheinen, dünken

numerous - zahlreich, vielzählig

probable - glaubhaft, wahrscheinlich

dive - tauchen

my knowledge - meines Wissens, soviel ich weiß

Here a page of the manuscript is unfortunately missing. On the next page is written, in large, straggling writing:

unfortunately - leider, unglücklicherweise

straggling - Nachzügler; umherstreifend; (straggle); abweichen, abschweifen

"Forty-three thousand feet. I shall never see earth again. They are beneath me, three of them. God help me; it is a dreadful death to die!"

God - Gott

Such in its entirety is the Joyce-Armstrong Statement. Of the man nothing has since been seen. Pieces of his shattered monoplane have been picked up in the preserves of Mr. Budd-Lushington upon the borders of Kent and Sussex, within a few miles of the spot where the note-book was discovered. If the unfortunate aviator's theory is correct that this air-jungle, as he called it, existed only over the south-west of England, then it would seem that he had fled from it at the full speed of his monoplane, but had been overtaken and devoured by these horrible creatures at some spot in the outer atmosphere above the place where the grim relics were found.

entirety - Ganzheitlichkeit; Gesamtheit

shattered - zertrümmert; zum Zerspringen bringen, zerschmettern

picked - ausgewählt; Hacke, Pickel, Spitzhacke, Dietrich, pflücken

preserves - Konserven; Konserve, Eingemachtes

borders - Grenze, Rand, Rand, Beet

unfortunate - unglücklich, unglückselig

theory - Theorie

existed - existierte; bestehen, existieren

fled - geflohen; fliehen, flüchten, fliehen, entfliehen, flüchten

overtaken - überholt; überholen, aufholen, überholen

grim - makaber, grimmig

relics - Reliquien; Relikt, Reliquie

The picture of that monoplane skimming down the sky, with the nameless terrors flying as swiftly beneath it and cutting it off always from the earth while they gradually closed in upon their victim, is one upon which a man who valued his sanity would prefer not to dwell. There are many, as I am aware, who still jeer at the facts which I have here set down, but even they must admit that Joyce-Armstrong has disappeared, and I would commend to them his own words: "This note-book may explain what I am trying to do, and how I lost my life in doing it. But no drivel about accidents or mysteries, if YOU please."

nameless - namenlos

terrors - Schrecken, Grauen

gradually - nach und nach, allmählich, stufenweise, schrittweise

victim - Opfer

valued - wertgeschätzt; Wert, Wert, Wichtigkeit, Wert, Notenwert, Wert

sanity - Verstand

dwell - leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen

jeer - (to jeer) spotten, verhöhnen, sticheln

set down - niederstellen, absetzen, niederschreiben

admit - einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben, einweisen

disappeared - verschwunden; verschwinden, entschwinden

commend - belobigen, beglückwünschen, loben, anvertrauen


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