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