02485cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500280014426400510017230000470022333600260027033700260029633800360032249000480035850000310040650800960043752013050053353400450183865300200188365300180190365300220192165300270194365300310197083000480200185600430204999900190209264238UtSlPG20260610134459.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aCoppel, Alfred,d1921-200414aThe Flight of the Eagle 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Planet Stories September 1953  aRelease date is 2021-01-09  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Flight of the Eagle" by Sol Galaxan is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. The story revolves around a desperate mission to transport a mysterious and sentient plant known as the weather-plant from Venus to Earth, where it is needed to avert impending famine. Set against a backdrop of deep space exploration, the narrative highlights themes of human struggle, sacrifice, and the often unseen consequences of technological advancement.  The plot follows Bat Kendo, a radar-mutant, and his fellow crew members aboard the spaceship R. S. "Eagle". As they set off for Venus to collect a cargo of weather-plant, they face a series of challenges, including the ship's catastrophic encounter with a meteor swarm on their return journey. While Bat shines as an unorthodox hero, his mutation offers him unique abilities that prove crucial to the ship’s survival. However, it becomes clear that the weather-plant possesses overwhelming power, leading to the creation of its own weather patterns that threaten the ship's safe descent. Ultimately, Bat sacrifices himself to enable the rest of the crew and the precious cargo to survive, emphasizing the themes of heroism and the forgotten sacrifices of those who venture into the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aAdventure stories  aSpace ships -- Fiction  aPsychic ability -- Fiction 0aProduced from Planet Stories September 195340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64238  c105061d105061