“Captain Armbruster,” he said, “has just promised that he will teach me to fly. May I go with him?”
By this time Armbruster had come up to the group, and he explained to the Skipper his plan to teach Kiwi.
“I believe I have the same old Quirk that you learned on,” he said to the Skipper, “and I’m curious to see what sort of a hand this son of yours has for flying.”
CHAPTER X
KIWI GETS HIS WINGS
AS Kiwi, Armbruster and the Skipper moved over to where the Quirk sat, they were followed by the entire group who were interested in this novel experiment.
Armbruster helped Kiwi into the front seat, and then they discovered that his legs were too short to reach the rudderbar. A shout was sent up for more cushions. When two of them had been wedged in behind the boy’s back he could work the rudder very easily. His helmet and goggles were adjusted and the belt holding him in his seat snapped in place. Then Armbruster attached the telephones so that he could speak to Kiwi up in the air, and swung himself into the rear seat. The engine was started.
As they left the group of onlookers there were shouts of encouragement and Jack, who had just come over, called above the noise of the engine: