
audiobook
FLYING THE COAST SKYWAYS
CHAPTER 1 By Airline to Atlanta
CHAPTER II The Cipher Letter
CHAPTER III The Leech Hangs On
CHAPTER IV Perk Has an Adventure
CHAPTER V Their Running Schedule
CHAPTER VI By the Skin of Their Teeth
CHAPTER VII On the Air-line to Charleston
CHAPTER VIII Ships Passing in the Night
CHAPTER IX When the Dawn Came
Set against the roaring engines and smoky horizons of early aviation, the story follows Jack Ralston and his quick‑witted companion, Perk, as they soar over the deep South. Their banter—a lively mash‑up of Southern drawl, Canadian patois, and military slang—brings humor to the tense climb toward Birmingham and beyond. As the landscape of church steeples and cotton fields slides beneath them, the pair reflects on homecoming, old friendships, and the thrill of navigating a fledgling aircraft at daring speeds.
Yet the flight is more than a nostalgic jaunt; they are bound for Atlanta with a covert assignment from Washington’s Secret Service. Along the way, whispers of a hidden agenda and a mysterious contact in Charleston hint at a larger game of espionage and danger. Listeners are drawn into the crackling radios, the camaraderie of two daring pilots, and the promise of an adventure that stretches from the Southern skies to secretive corridors of power.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (282K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2014-05-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
A vintage adventure writer best remembered for fast-moving aviation stories, this name is tied to tales of daring pilots, secret-service puzzles, and sky-high chases. The books have the breezy, cliffhanger energy of early 20th-century series fiction for young readers.
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