The calamitous rumbling and crashing finally died away and everything was still again. Chief Controller Atkins gazed around the control room. In the...
By Andrew ClementsJune 2, 2023It was another peaceful day on the paradise-on-Earth that was Tracy Island. In the lounge. Jeff was studying a complex chart with Brains....
By Andrew ClementsApril 1, 2023The torrential rain continued to hammer the huge windows of Edinburgh Airport’s control tower and Chief Controller Argyll’s jaw tightened as she peered...
By Andrew ClementsMarch 17, 2023Lights! Camera! Disaster! The Century 22 Film Studio in the Nevada desert was in the midst of shooting their latest disaster movie, Brink...
By Andrew ClementsNovember 18, 2022September 30th, a day that would go down as one of the most challenging International Rescue ever faced. It was almost midday when...
By Andrew ClementsSeptember 30, 2022Rex Tucker fought desperately with the controls of the light aircraft. Try as he might, they barely responded. The radio had been the...
By Andrew ClementsJuly 8, 2022An automated alert sounded from the main console indicating Thunderbird 3 was aligned with the guidance beams above the round house. Alan Tracy...
By Andrew ClementsJune 10, 2022High above the Earth, Thunderbird Five hung like a silver spinning top in geosynchronous orbit thousands of kilometres above Tracy Island’s highest peak....
By Andrew ClementsApril 22, 2022It was another beautiful day in the South Atlantic, where International Rescue’s secret island base sat innocently in the clear blue waters. Inside,...
By Andrew ClementsApril 1, 2022“Flight DT-13, you are clear to land. Welcome to London!” said the Deputy Controller with a voice that was equal measure cheerful and...
By Andrew ClementsMarch 25, 2022