Chapter I: Front Matter

The Airship Boys’ Ocean Flyer

OR

New York to London in Twelve Hours

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The Airship Boys’
Ocean Flyer

or, New York to London
in Twelve Hours

BY
H. L. SAYLER

Illustrated by S. H. Riesenberg

Chicago
The Reilly & Britton Co.
Publishers

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COPYRIGHT, 1911,
by
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE AIRSHIP BOYS’ OCEAN FLYER

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE MAKING OF A NEWSPAPER STORY 9

II WHAT A REPORTER SAW IN THE DARK 23

III THE VETERAN TAKES OFF HIS HAT TO THE CUB 36

IV THE AIRSHIP BOYS MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE 51

V A BEWILDERING PROPOSITION 67

VI AN OLD HOME AND A MODERN BUSINESS 83

VII NED NAPIER ADVANCES SOME THEORIES 97

VIII THE _Ocean Flyer_ CREW IS COMPLETED 113

IX DUTIES OF THE _Ocean Flyer_ CREW 127

X BUCK STEWART RECEIVES NEW ORDERS 141

XI SHAPING A NEW COURSE 156

XII HOW THE FLIGHT WAS TO BE MADE 168

XIII ROY OSBORNE’S “PICK-UP CRANE” 182

XIV CAPTAIN NAPIER’S NERVE IN MID-AIR SAVES THE 196
CARGO

XV IN WHICH NED’S LIFE IS SAVED 210

XVI AN UNEXPECTED TRIBUTE 224

XVII WHAT HAPPENED AT THREE FORTY-THREE P. M. 237

XVIII THE RACING PIGS OF FUNDY 252

XIX A CHANGE OF PLANS BY WIRELESS 269

XX THE FIRST SIGHT OF LONDON 284

XXI THE MARBLE ARCH GATE, HYDE PARK 298

XXII EXTRACTS FROM THE LOG OF THE _Ocean Flyer_ 312

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

In the pilot room of the _Flyer_ _Frontispiece_

In the “local room” of the New York 45
Herald

Picking up the matrices 206

The end of the flight, London 305

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The
Airship Boys’ Ocean Flyer
OR,
New York to London in Twelve Hours