{"product_id":"2940013923492","title":"THE BOY AVIATORS' TREASURE QUEST","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cbr\u003eI. The Eagle and the Buzzard\u003cbr\u003eII. Billy's Strange Tale\u003cbr\u003eIII. A Trial Flight\u003cbr\u003eIV. Eben Joyce Appears\u003cbr\u003eV. A Strange Story\u003cbr\u003eVI. The Golden Galleon\u003cbr\u003eVII. A Fire Alarm By Aeroplane\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Nearly Out of the Race\u003cbr\u003eIX. The Grasshopper's Mishap\u003cbr\u003eX. The Aero Race\u003cbr\u003eXI. Lost in the Fog\u003cbr\u003eXII. Billy Hears an Interesting Conversation\u003cbr\u003eXIII. Luther Barr's Trap\u003cbr\u003eXIV. Mr. \"L. B.'s\" Dirigible\u003cbr\u003eXV. Off for the Sargasso\u003cbr\u003eXVI. In Dire Peril\u003cbr\u003eXVII. Billy's Narrow Escape\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. Into the Sargasso\u003cbr\u003eXIX. The Rat Ship\u003cbr\u003eXX. The Golden Galleon\u003cbr\u003eXXI. Dirigible vs. Aeroplane\u003cbr\u003eXXII. On Board Barr's Ship\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. Prisoners in Dire Peril\u003cbr\u003eXXIV. The Inventor's Treachery\u003cbr\u003eXXV. The Fight on the Island\u003cbr\u003eXXVI. The Boys Win Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EAGLE AND THE BUZZARD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hurrah!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe shout went upward in a swelling volume of sound as a thousand\u003cbr\u003evoices took up the cry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Say, those boys can fly!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I should say so.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Did you see that swoop!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Did I? I thought they were goners sure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"They handle that sky-clipper like a bicycle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese admiring exclamations came in a perfect hailstorm as the big\u003cbr\u003ebiplane air-craft, which had called them forth, swept earthward,\u003cbr\u003ebearing her two young occupants downward in a long graceful glide, and\u003cbr\u003elanding them at the door of their red aerodrome with the precision of\u003cbr\u003ean automobile being driven up to its owner's front steps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe drone of the engine ceased and little spurts of dust shot up from\u003cbr\u003ethe landing wheels as the young aviator at the helm of the beautiful\u003cbr\u003ecraft applied his brakes, threw out the spark and cut off the engine.\u003cbr\u003eThe plane ran about one hundred feet on its wheels and then came to a\u003cbr\u003estandstill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hurrah for the Golden Eagle!\" shouted a voice. The enthusiasm was\u003cbr\u003eechoed all over the crowded field. From the long rows of autos, parked\u003cbr\u003eat the edge of the field and crowded with applauding men and women,\u003cbr\u003ecame the \"honk! honk!\" of horns in a deafening clamor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmilingly making their way through the enthusiasts who swept down on\u003cbr\u003ethem, Frank and Harry Chester, the Boy Aviators, who had just\u003cbr\u003econcluded a tuning up flight for the Hempstead Plains Cup--the contest\u003cbr\u003efor which was to take place in a week's time--entered the shed and,\u003cbr\u003emaking their way to a screened-off room in the corner, shed their\u003cbr\u003eleather coats and woolen caps and removed the grime from their hands\u003cbr\u003eand faces. Their mechanics, in the meantime, had shoved the Eagle into\u003cbr\u003ethe shed and closed the doors on the horde of the inquisitive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe boys' flight had taken place above the aviation grounds of the\u003cbr\u003eAeronautic Society, situated at Mineola, on Long Island, a few miles\u003cbr\u003eoutside New York city. For several days they, and several others who\u003cbr\u003ehad announced their intention of competing for the coveted Hempstead\u003cbr\u003ePlains Cup, had been making flights that had attracted vast crowds\u003cbr\u003efrom the metropolis and filled the papers with air-ship news. The city\u003cbr\u003ewas aviation mad.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152732963056,"sku":"2940013923492","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013923492_p0.jpg?v=1763597255","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013923492","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}