midday
The fliers followed the very outer edge of the area above the world they had mapped out as their limit of exploration . This circuit completed , they banked inward , shortening their circuit by about a mile of space . A mile , seen at a distance of ninety thousand feet , would be little indeed . It was almost midday when they had their first stroke of luck . The buzzer sounded at the very moment Eyer uttered an ejaculation . `` The Jersey fellow says there is nothing between his lens and your plane to obstruct the view . '' `` O.K. , '' retorted Jeter .