The Airship Boys’ Ocean Flyer

OR

New York to London in Twelve Hours


The Aeroplane Boys Series

By ASHTON LAMAR

I.IN THE CLOUDS FOR UNCLE SAM
Or, Morey Marshall of the Signal Corps.
II.THE STOLEN AEROPLANE
Or, How Bud Wilson Made Good
III.THE AEROPLANE EXPRESS
Or, The Boy Aeronaut’s Grit.
IV.THE BOY AERONAUTS’ CLUB
Or, Flying For Fun.
V.A CRUISE IN THE SKY
Or, The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl.
VI.BATTLING THE BIG HORN
Or, The Aeroplane in the Rockies.

OTHER TITLES TO FOLLOW

These stories are the newest and most up-to-date. All Aeroplane details are correct. Fully illustrated. Colored frontispiece. Cloth, 12mos.

Price, 60 cents each.


The Airship Boys Series

By H. L. SAYLER

I.THE AIRSHIP BOYS
Or, The Quest of the Aztec Treasure.
II.THE AIRSHIP BOYS ADRIFT
Or, Saved by an Aeroplane.
III.THE AIRSHIP BOYS DUE NORTH
Or, By Balloon to the Pole.
IV.THE AIRSHIP BOYS IN THE BARREN LANDS
Or, The Secret of the White Eskimos.
V.THE AIRSHIP BOYS IN FINANCE
Or, The Flight of the Flying Cow.
VI.THE AIRSHIP BOYS’ OCEAN FLYER
Or, New York to London in Twelve Hours.

These thrilling stories deal with the wonderful new science of aerial navigation. Every boy will be interested and instructed by reading them. Illustrated. Cloth binding. Price, $1.00 each.

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postpaid on receipt of price.


IN THE PILOT ROOM OF THE FLYER.


The Airship Boys’

Ocean Flyer

or, New York to London

in Twelve Hours

BY

H. L. SAYLER

Illustrated by S. H. Riesenberg

Chicago

The Reilly & Britton Co.

Publishers


COPYRIGHT, 1911,

by

THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE AIRSHIP BOYS’ OCEAN FLYER


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I[THE MAKING OF A NEWSPAPER STORY]9
II[WHAT A REPORTER SAW IN THE DARK]23
III[THE VETERAN TAKES OFF HIS HAT TO THE CUB]36
IV[THE AIRSHIP BOYS MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE]51
V[A BEWILDERING PROPOSITION]67
VI[AN OLD HOME AND A MODERN BUSINESS]83
VII[NED NAPIER ADVANCES SOME THEORIES]97
VIII[THE Ocean Flyer CREW IS COMPLETED]113
IX[DUTIES OF THE Ocean Flyer CREW]127
X[BUCK STEWART RECEIVES NEW ORDERS]141
XI[SHAPING A NEW COURSE]156
XII[HOW THE FLIGHT WAS TO BE MADE]168
XIII[ROY OSBORNE’S “PICK-UP CRANE”]182
XIV[CAPTAIN NAPIER’S NERVE IN MID-AIR SAVES THE CARGO]196
XV[IN WHICH NED’S LIFE IS SAVED]210
XVI[AN UNEXPECTED TRIBUTE]224
XVII[WHAT HAPPENED AT THREE FORTY-THREE P. M.]237
XVIII[THE RACING PIGS OF FUNDY]252
XIX[A CHANGE OF PLANS BY WIRELESS]269
XX[THE FIRST SIGHT OF LONDON]284
XXI[THE MARBLE ARCH GATE, HYDE PARK]298
XXII[EXTRACTS FROM THE LOG OF THE Ocean Flyer]312

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[In the pilot room of the Flyer]Frontispiece
[In the “local room” of the New York Herald]45
[Picking up the matrices]206
[The end of the flight, London]305

The

Airship Boys’ Ocean Flyer

OR,

New York to London in Twelve Hours