The giant submarine that had kidnapped them loomed ahead.
New this year is the Octoexplorer, a giant yellow submarine with slides, wheels, water sprays inside and out, and Beatles music.
The planes were launched from a 120-foot catapult on the deck of the giant submarine.
Ahead were what looked like two giant 45ft submarines floating on the surface.
Team Aqua is based in a giant nuclear submarine out at sea, with a helicopter for land-to-sea travel.
He made himself think of the Channel covered with ships, the ships crammed with men, and among them giant submarines swimming swiftly, undetectable, laden with torpedoes.
In the rear of the beams Tom could see several dim figures on the deck of a giant submarine.
These giant submarines were originally of the A2 type, but their design was revised after construction started to carry a second aircraft.
Back and forth she'd walked, covering the length of one floor after another, in the belly of the giant submarine, lulled by the faint whisper of countless machines.
We both turn and stand there, looking out across the blue-glittering waves at the small armada surrounding the giant submarine.