Redemption Cairn by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum:
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"Here is one of the last stories by one of the outstanding writers of science-fiction. Remember him as you read it"


I slapped her hands hard and grabbed the U-bar. I cut the underjets completely off, letting the ship fall free, then shot the full blast through the right laterals. It was damn close, I’m ready to swear, but we leveled, and I snapped on the underblast before we lost a hundred feet of altitude.
('Redemption Cairn' by Stanley G. Weinbaum)

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