The Flying Reporter

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Flying Reporter, by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
THE FLYING REPORTER
LEWIS E. THEISS
WILCOX & FOLLETT CO.
PUBLISHERS—1945—CHICAGO
Copyrighted, 1930,
WILCOX & FOLLETT CO.
All rights reserved
The Flying Reporter
Made in United States of America
FOREWORD
It will probably come as a surprise to many readers to know that when this story was written, more than one hundred American newspapers owned and operated airplanes as a regular part of their news-gathering equipment. By the time this tale is between covers, there will doubtless be many additional planes cleaving the skies in the swift search for news, in the carrying of relief to marooned and endangered human beings, in the hunt for those who are lost, in the transportation of news photographs, and not infrequently in the carrying of important papers and documents. For although the primary end of the newspaper is to collect and distribute news, it also carries on a host of activities for the direct benefit of mankind.