Hi I think you will find that, in the next paragraph, Henry Foster's machine is a helicopter. It is probably a small personal one, designed perhaps for two people A lock-up, here, is a small garage which is separate from his dwelling - perhaps on another part of the street. They are common in the UK where you might have a flat and, a little further away, a garage where you can 'lock up' your vehicle Dave
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