Project Gutenberg 2014-03-21 Public domain in the USA. 47 Goldfrap, John Henry 1879 1917 Lawton, Captain Wilbur Deering, Fremont B. Payson, Howard Lawton, Wilbur Dexter J. Forrester West, Marvin Forrester, Dexter J. The Boy Aviators in Record Flight; Or, The Rival Aeroplane Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Boy Aviators in Record Flight; Or, The Rival Aeroplane" by Captain Wilbur Lawton is a young adult adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around two young aviators, Frank and Harry Chester, who, along with their friend Billy Barnes, take on a formidable challenge: a cross-country flight from New York to San Francisco for a $50,000 prize. In addition to the thrill of aviation, the narrative explores themes of rivalry, clever problem-solving, and the adventures of youth. The opening of the tale introduces Billy Barnes, a reporter for the New York "Planet", who is tasked with covering a major aviation event. After discussing the competitive landscape with his editor, he learns that their rival newspaper, the "Despatch", is also entering the fray with an identical prize for the same flight, which adds tension and urgency to the plot. The discussion leads to Billy's desire to involve the Chester brothers in the competition, but they are initially hesitant. As the story progresses, readers witness the development of friendships and rivalries, the planning for a record-setting flight, and the mounting excitement as the characters prepare for their daring undertaking. The stage is set for thrilling aerial adventures and unexpected challenges as they embark on their journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45182/45182-h/images/cover.jpg en Adventure stories Aeronautics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Fiction 347974 347983 2024-09-19T04:31:47.742278 2023-09-19T15:45:45.858223 text/html text/html 346549 2014-03-20T19:34:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 523450 2014-03-20T19:35:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 512756 2024-09-19T04:31:54.114281 application/epub+zip 511951 2024-09-19T04:31:48.726308 application/epub+zip 195310 2024-09-19T04:31:48.234256 application/epub+zip 600911 2024-09-19T04:31:58.195213 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 566796 2024-09-19T04:31:53.616273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251595 2022-09-20T15:45:54.155252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294441 2024-09-19T04:31:46.699307 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 302346 2014-03-20T19:34:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 111104 2014-03-20T19:35:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 294094 2014-03-20T19:34:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 110081 2014-03-20T19:35:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294087 2014-03-20T19:35:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110061 2014-03-20T19:35:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22322 2024-09-19T04:31:58.336270 application/rdf+xml 17094 2024-09-19T04:31:48.333254 image/jpeg 2727 2024-09-19T04:31:48.283318 image/jpeg 564638 2024-09-19T04:31:47.786295 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 en.wikipedia