Neda Miranda Blažević-Kreitzman
translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac

Many people wrestle with discomfort and fear when they travel by air. Dino Lučić and Veljko Linić were not that sort. The two young businessmen from Split, Croatia were now reclining, relaxed, en route from Frankfurt, Germany to Los Angeles, wrestling with the urge to sleep that was pulling down their drooping eyelids, hampering their adventuresome spirit to gaze out the little window at the vivid blue sky through which their speedy vessel was winging its way.

Dino Lučić was tall, slender, dark-haired, while Veljko Linić was medium-height, muscular, and blue-eyed. Both worked at Jedrogradnja, a company that built and sold speedboats and yachts. Their best customers were Americans. The salesmen for Jedrogradnja had been working with B&B Brothers, Inc. of Los Angeles for nearly four years.

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Neda Miranda Blažević-Krietzman

Mnogi ljudi se neuspješno bore s nelagodom i strahom od letenja zrakoplovom. Dino Lučić i Veljko Linić nisu pripadali toj skupini ljudi. Ta dvojica mlađih, poslovnih muškaraca iz Splita su sada mirno sjedila na svojim sjedalima u zrakoplovu koji je letio iz Frankurta u Los Angeles i neuspješno se borila jedino sa snom koji im je zaklapao otežale očne kapke, lomeći tako njihove putničke namjere da virkaju kroz prozorčić u blistavo, plavo nebo po kojemu je plužila njihova brza plovilica.
Dino Lučić je bio visok, tanak i tamnokos, a Veljko Linić srednje visine, mišićav i plavook. Obojica su radila u Jedrogradnji, tvrtci koja je gradila i prodavala sportske i motorne jedrilice. Jedrogradnjini najbolji kupci su bili Amerikanci. S tvrtkom The B & B Brothers Inc. u Los Angelesu, predstavnici Jedrogradnje surađivali su gotovo četiri godine.
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