Project Gutenberg 2009-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 59 Cobb, Frank Battling the clouds : $b or, For a comrade's honor Aviator series, 1. Aeroplane boys series, 1. Reading ease score: 91.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Battling the Clouds: or, For a Comrade's Honor" by Frank Cobb is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in the vibrant world of aviation at Fort Sill and follows two young boys, Bill and Frank, as they navigate their way through childhood adventures in a military environment. The themes of friendship, bravery, and the bond between family members are likely to surface as the boys encounter various challenges associated with growing up in an exciting yet demanding atmosphere. At the start of the narrative, readers are introduced to the boys at an aviation field during a hot summer day. They engage in playful banter while observing the excitement of the aviation world around them, notably a captive tarantula that adds a whimsical touch to the scene. Bill is characterized as responsible, influenced by his mother's health, while Frank, his cousin, has aspirations of becoming a pilot under the wing of military life. The opening sets the tone for the adventures to come as Frank and Bill are immersed in a unique blend of youthful innocence and the dramatic backdrop of military aviation, which likely shapes their experiences and aspirations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Aeronautics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Fiction 257952 257932 2024-11-12T10:31:25.606829 2023-09-12T13:00:49.848922 text/html text/html 258834 2021-01-05T00:40:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 187569 2021-01-05T00:40:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 202979 2024-11-12T10:31:30.410733 application/epub+zip 204040 2024-11-12T10:31:26.262772 application/epub+zip 145194 2024-11-12T10:31:25.929860 application/epub+zip 300813 2024-11-12T10:31:33.962756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270341 2024-11-12T10:31:30.048836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212167 2022-09-13T10:17:48.668329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233985 233885 2024-11-12T10:31:25.005823 2023-09-12T13:00:49.361930 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233794 2021-01-05T00:40:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88821 2021-01-05T00:40:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19297 2024-11-12T10:31:34.111714 application/rdf+xml 25245 2024-11-12T10:31:26.012782 image/jpeg 4205 2024-11-12T10:31:25.971782 image/jpeg 187694 2024-11-12T10:31:25.654786 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog