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The Flying Stingaree

Harold L. Goodwin

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The Flying Stingaree | Harold L. Goodwin

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This is another adventure in the Rick Brant Science series, set on Chesapeake Bay and involving mysterious, sting ray-shaped drones and missing persons
ved back.

"Get the lines ready," Rick requested. "I'll back in."

He throttled down and let the houseboat move slowly past the dock while he yelled a greeting to Steve Ames. There were no obstacles, and just enough room for the boat. He reversed his motors and threw his helm hard over, backing slowly into position. Scotty stood ready with a line, which he heaved to Steve. Then Scotty ran lightly to the foredeck and got the bowline ready. The houseboat nestled against the dock smoothly and Rick killed the motors. Then the three old friends were shaking hands and grinning from ear to ear.

"I've been watching since yesterday afternoon," Steve told them. "That storm last night worried me some. I didn't know whether you could ride it out or not."

"No trouble," Rick said. "We ran into Swamp Creek on the north side of the river and spent the night there." He watched the agent's face closely, but Steve didn't react.

"Come on in," Steve invited. "Coffee's on. Had your breakfast?"

"We ate before hauling anchor," Scotty said, grinning.

Steve Ames knew the boys well. "Something's up," he stated. "Rick is watching me like a suspicious sand crab and your tone of voice is wrong, Scotty. Coffee first, then talk. Come on."

Rick shook his head in admiration. It was impossible to catch Steve off guard. The agent had a deceptive appearance, athletic and good looking, with the forthright friendliness of a college undergraduate. But his trained eyes and ears missed nothing.

Steve's living room was attractive and comfortable, with bookshelves between the windows, a stone fireplace, a striped rug, and deep, restful chairs. There were lamps in exactly the right positions for reading.

The agent brought in a tray of coffee cups, with a pot of coffee and platter of doughnuts. "Even if you've eaten breakfast, you can manage a couple of these." He poured coffee and made sure the

Rex 09/16/2021
Rick and Scotty visit the Chesapeake Bay where they encounter a flying stingray that is also alleged to have kidnapped someone. In actuality it is a balloon used to spy on rocket launches and the data sold to the Russians.

An interesting literary note: The story takes place on the Choptank River, wh
Kent 02/21/2021
The big hand drawn tables would be replaced by a spreadsheet.

Could mail have made it from MD to NJ on the same day?
It's pretty updatable since we still launch rockets from Wallops Island.
But it seems less likely that the customer for the data would think the publicly available data is inaccurate.
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Craig 08/05/2018
The Flying Stingaree (love the spelling!) is my favorite of the later books in the series; the earlier ones ran better than two-hundred pages and the later ones were less than one-eighty, so there was far less attention to the settings and characterizations, with a resultant lack of humor and develo
David 11/03/2016
An effort to tie the hard science (not science fiction) series into the interest in UFOs in the sixties, and brilliantly done, while sticking to the commitment by the author to stick to absolute reality and not to speculate about the fantastic.

I always learn something prosaic and technical from thes
Elizabeth 09/27/2016
The Flying Stingaree is the first book I've read in Rick Brant's science adventures, and I will defiantly come back for more of the series.
Rick and Scotty remind me of the Hardy Boys, but easier to read, without all the outdated sayings of the day.
Author John Blaine weaves math (collecting data) a

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