Chapter 10Altitude Mask with Integrated Respiratory Augmentation as Issued to H.M. Royal Aeronautical Corps
The sun was rising on a clear crisp autumn morning as, 1500 feet above the rooftops of London, Ensign Lloyd sat attentively in the basket of his surveillance balloon, tethered near the banks of the Thames. He was about to pour himself a cup of tea from his flask when the telegraph beeped into life.
“YOU ARE MISTAKEN ENSIGN LLOYD (STOP)” was the response through the telegraph line.
The erstwhile ensign put his eye back tight to the glass. The sleek black coach, with the royal crest clearly visible on its roof, was heading out of Whitechapel and turning down Dock Street toward the Tower of London. But the royal coach was not simply making ...
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