Dave by this time felt so safe, easy and at home up in the air, that he greatly enjoyed the mock chase. It was like two immense birds in a race. The machines came pretty close together finally on a level about one hundred feet from the ground.
Dave caught the signal for the drop from the motion picture manager below.
“Ready,” said Dave.
“Be careful, Dashaway,” warned Mr. King.
“Here she goes,” answered Dave simply, and shot earthwards.
CHAPTER XVI
THE YOUNG AVIATOR
“There he is, Dave,” said Hiram Dobbs.
“Yes, that is Jerry Dawson, sure enough.”