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== Dagny's crash-landing ==

== Dagny's crash-landing ==

That event was the uninvited and unplanned visit of Dagny Taggart to the Gulch. John Galt had come to the Gulch as usual, taking a vacation from his "regular" job as a track walker in the Taggart Terminal in [[New York City]]. He then had taken his personal aircraft and flown out to a small Colorado town, to recruit one [[Quentin Daniels]], who had apparently been trying to reverse-engineer the electrostatic motor at Dagny Taggart's request. None of the residents of the Gulch would have predicted that Dagny Taggart would give chase to John Galt's aircraft, and continue to search for it after it had ducked under the refractor-ray screen, established at an elevation of 700 feet above ground level to provide a "mirror in the sky" and keep the valley hidden. Dagny Taggart's aircraft impinged upon the screen, and the rays shorted out her motor, causing her craft to drop like a rock. Happily, Dagny was able to get enough control of her aircraft so that when she inevitably crashed, she survived with nothing more serious than an injured ankle.

That event was the uninvited and unplanned visit of Dagny Taggart to the Gulch. John Galt had come to the Gulch as usual, taking a vacation from his "regular" job as a track walker in the Taggart Terminal in [[New York City]]. He then had taken his personal aircraft and flown out to Afton, [[Utah]], to recruit one [[Quentin Daniels]], who had apparently been trying to reverse-engineer the electrostatic motor at Dagny Taggart's request. None of the residents of the Gulch would have predicted that Dagny Taggart would give chase to John Galt's aircraft, and continue to search for it after it had ducked under the refractor-ray screen, established at an elevation of 700 feet above ground level to provide a "mirror in the sky" and keep the valley hidden. Dagny Taggart's aircraft impinged upon the screen, and the rays shorted out her motor, causing her craft to drop like a rock. Happily, Dagny was able to get enough control of her aircraft so that when she inevitably crashed, she survived with nothing more serious than an injured ankle.

And so Hugh Akston saw Dagny Taggart for a second time. This time he introduced himself in relation to his former student:{{cquote|I'm one of his two fathers—the one who didn't betray him.}}

And so Hugh Akston saw Dagny Taggart for a second time. This time he introduced himself in relation to his former student:{{cquote|I'm one of his two fathers—the one who didn't betray him.}}