The Sky Pilot's Great Chase by Ambrose Newcomb

"[...]any time now they had changed the location of their amphibian that same afternoon. It now rested secure in another nearby hangar that happened to be empty and which Jack could hire, being liberally supplied with funds by his generous employer, Uncle Sam. This was only a minor incident, and yet it was fated to play an important part in the general network of things, and hence to be the cause of many[...]".