[00:01.080]--- Lesson 91 Three men in a basket
[00:06.760]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:12.960]--- Where was the station's Commanding Officer?
[00:18.360]A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.
[00:26.240]He informed the station at once, but no one there was able to explain the mystery.
[00:33.440]The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft.
[00:43.680]He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object.
[00:52.880]The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time.
[00:57.720]He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars.
[01:07.520]When the balloon was over the station, the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs.
[01:15.880]Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.
[01:24.240]The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone,
[01:29.640]for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the Commanding Officer of the station!
[01:37.640]As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing!
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