“Is there any one here who has been up in an aeroplane, and who is willing to go up again?” the man asked. “My partner has failed to arrive, and we can’t have the race unless I take some one up with me. Will any one volunteer?”
Ned Slade stepped forward.
[CHAPTER XVIII]
THE POSTPONED EXAMINATION
The aviator looked over the crowd, at first not appearing to have seen Ned. Then the lad spoke.
“I’ll go up with you,” he said, “if you think I’m the right weight to balance properly. If not my two friends here——” and he motioned to Jerry and Bob.
“Do you know anything about aeroplanes?” asked the man.
“A little,” admitted Ned, modestly.
“Have you ever been up in one?”