Since the war ended, the design of planes and engines has so far advanced that distances are being spanned now that they never then believed possible.
Nature has put dangers in the paths of our modern flyers, as great or greater than that of an enemy, for from the moments of the dangerous take-off with tremendous loads of fuel, until the landing on another Continent, there can be no relaxation.
And after watching the planes leave for long ocean flights where no safe landing can be made for many hours, we have come to realize and appreciate the strain these pilots are under.
When several of these bidders for long distance honors have failed to appear at their announced destination and when, after a frantic search has been carried on over land and sea, the world has been forced to admit that no trace—not even a stick of wood or a rag of fabric—can be found, then it is comforting to think, to hope, that somewhere, a safe landing has been made.
EDITOR.
CONTENTS
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| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Plane Tested | [9] |
| II | A Narrow Escape | [23] |
| III | Trouble Brews | [36] |
| IV | The Plane Is Christened | [45] |
| V | Ready to Hop | [53] |
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