8 Strawberry Bank Rd.

Suite 20

Nashua, New Hampshire

   They were paid well to make these flights in a timely and innocuous manner and not to look too closely at the passengers or their cargo. Kalispell, Missoula and Boise were places where the company had made special arrangements so that the international flight could be refueled quickly without the passengers leaving the airplane, and without undue attention from the FAA, Customs or INS. The captain had been informed that there would be four men on this flight, three new floor managers for the Gold Dust Casino and a special courier. Also at the last minute, the Gold Dust Casino had requested that a new entertainer be included on the flight mani-fest. She was scheduled to appear as a last minute replacement for an injured singer.

   The captain talked to the co-pilot about the total weight and fuel load, deciding that since they had only the minimum required 30-minute margin, it would be prudent to top off the fuel tanks at Missoula.

   The co-pilot showed the captain the weather information and they briefly discussed the storm layer forming over the Bitterroot Range.

   “Cap’n, they’re expecting that this stuff will move into lower Montana by evening. We’ll probably see some spillover by the time we get to Missoula. I imagine there will be stuff backing up against the Bitterroots towards Boise later though.”

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