“Ace” Kelly is a hotshot test pilot for the Army. Ace takes up a new “Army motor” in the K13 airplane, which uses an experimental gas mixture. As he rises straight up, Major Nichols contacts him by radio. The Major wants Kelly to level out and let up on the engine. Kelly says he can’t level out, and is going to break a lot of records. He climbs to 150 miles before passing out from exhaustion. Ship enters a twisting “space-flow” that takes his craft on a journey. 48 hours later, Kelly awakens to see a weird flying creature and unfamiliar terrain. Decides to land as he is out of fuel. Uses a lake for touchdown. Sees a pair of short, tiny creatures on the shore as he swims out. The creatures speak an unfamiliar language, and Kelly realizes he’s on another planet. The creatures shoot him, causing him to pass out. The creatures place him in an odd looking ship and fly off to the city of Ur. Ace revives from the ray-gun blast to discover he is strapped to an odd, rocket-like device. It is sent on a rail, traveling astonishingly fast through a long tube. It stops in pitch-black where Kelly can only see a pair of eyes looking back. Released by unseen hands, a voice speaks to him, “So, the sacred moon city of Ur has a visitor! A man from Earth, I am told! Speak!”
Description “Ace” Kelly is a hotshot test pilot for the Army. Ace takes up a new “Army motor” in the K13 airplane, which uses an experimental gas mixture. As he rises straight up, Major Nichols contacts him by radio. The Major wants Kelly to level out and let up on the engine. Kelly says he can’t level out, and is going to break a lot of records. He climbs to 150 miles before passing out from exhaustion. Ship enters a twisting “space-flow” that takes his craft on a journey. 48 hours later, Kelly awakens to see a weird flying creature and unfamiliar terrain. Decides to land as he is out of fuel. Uses a lake for touchdown. Sees a pair of short, tiny creatures on the shore as he swims out. The creatures speak an unfamiliar language, and Kelly realizes he’s on another planet. The creatures shoot him, causing him to pass out. The creatures place him in an odd looking ship and fly off to the city of Ur. Ace revives from the ray-gun blast to discover he is strapped to an odd, rocket-like device. It is sent on a rail, traveling astonishingly fast through a long tube. It stops in pitch-black where Kelly can only see a pair of eyes looking back. Released by unseen hands, a voice speaks to him, “So, the sacred moon city of Ur has a visitor! A man from Earth, I am told! Speak!”
