
The story opens with a thunderous roar of applause as the sleek biplane “Golden Eagle” touches down on a bustling Long Island airfield. Young pilots Frank and Harry Chester, fresh from a daring practice flight, are swarmed by eager crowds and reporters who can’t get enough of their daring feats. Their reputation as the Boy Aviators is already legendary, earned through wild escapades in distant lands and daring rescue missions.
Now, with the Hempstead Plains Cup looming, the brothers find themselves drawn into a new, tantalizing mystery—a map to the fabled Golden Galleon, a treasure said to lie hidden beneath the seas. Their latest aircraft, freshly rebuilt after a storm‑torn loss, becomes the key to a high‑altitude chase that promises danger, riddles, and the chance to outwit rivals both on the ground and in the sky. As the excitement builds, the boys must balance the pressure of the upcoming contest with the lure of an adventure that could change their lives forever.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (287K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-07-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1879–1917
Best known for fast-paced boys' adventure series about aviators, scouts, and wireless operators, this prolific writer helped shape early 20th-century popular fiction. He also worked as a journalist and used several pen names, leaving behind a surprisingly varied career in a short life.
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