Flying the Coast Skyways; Or, Jack Ralston's Swift Patrol

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Flying the Coast Skyways; Or, Jack Ralston's Swift Patrol

by Ambrose Newcomb

EN·~4 hours·31 chapters

Chapters

31 total
1

FLYING THE COAST SKYWAYS

0:01
2

CHAPTER 1 By Airline to Atlanta

9:58
3

CHAPTER II The Cipher Letter

13:50
4

CHAPTER III The Leech Hangs On

8:54
5

CHAPTER IV Perk Has an Adventure

11:01
6

CHAPTER V Their Running Schedule

8:53
7

CHAPTER VI By the Skin of Their Teeth

9:02
8

CHAPTER VII On the Air-line to Charleston

11:14
9

CHAPTER VIII Ships Passing in the Night

8:39
10

CHAPTER IX When the Dawn Came

6:41

Description

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.

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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.

About the author

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Ambrose Newcomb

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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