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COURTESY OF SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN


THE BOY AVIATORS
IN RECORD FLIGHT
OR
THE RIVAL AEROPLANE
BY
CAPTAIN WILBUR LAWTON
AUTHOR OF “THE BOY AVIATORS IN NICARAGUA,” “THE BOY
AVIATORS ON SECRET SERVICE,” “THE BOY AVIATORS IN AFRICA,”
“THE BOY AVIATORS’ TREASURE QUEST,” ETC.


NEW YORK
HURST AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS


BOY AVIATORS’ SERIES
By Captain Wilbur Lawton
Six Titles. Cloth Bound. Price 50c
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

1 The Boy Aviators in Nicaragua;
or, In League with the Insurgents.
2 The Boy Aviators on Secret Service;
or, Working with Wireless.
3 The Boy Aviators in Africa;
or, An Aerial Ivory Trail
4 The Boy Aviators’ Treasure Quest;
or, the Golden Galleon.
5 The Boy Aviators in Record Flight;
or, The Rival Aeroplane.
6 The Boy Aviators’ Polar Dash;
or, Facing Death in the Antarctic.

Your orders solicited.
HURST & COMPANY
Publishers—New York


Copyright, 1910, by HURST & CO.


CONTENTS

I[The Big Prize]
II[Billy as a Diplomat]
III[Under a Cloud]
IV[Thieves in the Night]
V[The Boys Decide]
VI[Off for San Francisco]
VII[Above the Earth]
VIII[Boy Aviators to the Rescue]
IX[Luther Barr Forms an Alliance]
X[A Night Voyage]
XI[The First Leg]
XII[Attacked by Cowboys]
XIII[Indians]
XIV[The Auto in Difficulties]
XV[Thirst—and a Plot]
XVI[The Auto Gone]
XVII[The Wrong Man]
XVIII[Wireless]
XIX[Arrested by Aeroplane]
XX[Caught in a Stampede]
XXI[Bart and the B’ar]
XXII[An Auto Leap for Life]
XXIII[A Mystery]
XXIV[The Golden Hermit]
XXV[A Fight for Fortune]
XXVI[The Sand Storm]
XXVII[Winning the Prize—Conclusion]