Air Wonder Stories, July 1929 — page 90: what you’re looking at

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88 AIR WONDER STORIES Beacon of Airport Seven (Continued from page 51) Steadily growing louder came the sound of a speeding air liner from the direction of the pass, While the others pleaded with the man, now fey- erishly adjusting his instruments, Boyer whirled to the outside door and with one tremendous yank wrenched it from its hinges. “Out of the way,” he shouted as he lunged toward the inner opening holding the door before him as a huge battering ram. The wires snapped under the impact, falling harmlessly aside and Boyer lurched into the laboratory. A reverberating pulsa- tion announced the proximity of the multi-motored plane, driving onward toward the beacon. The others were in the room now, led by Cavanaugh who sprang to a large switch at the end of the long table. At the instant he reached the handle a sudden piercing scream turned all eyes to the scientist who lay sprawled in an attitude of reaching across the apparatus, hand outstretched toward the inspector. As the switch was opened the little man’s tense muscles relaxed and his body slumped from the table edge to the floor, inert. “Flectrocuted!” gasped Tommy, pointing to a livid scar showing plainly on an outflung arm, A sudden quickening roar over the house top reached a higher pitch then abruptly fell again to the departing drone of a plane which has passed. Coming plainly through the still night air those in the laboratory heard the song change to an even low-voiced mtirmur, as throttles were closed for a safe landing, THE END What Is Your Knowledge of Aviation? Test Yourself by This Questionnaire HE questions given below are taken from the stories in this issue, They will serve, by your ability to answer them, to test yours elf in your knowledge of aviation. By thus testing yourself, you will be able to fix in your mind a number of important facts of aviation that are presented by the stories. The pages, on which the answers are given, follow each question. 1—What is the general conception of the safe way to make a landing? (Page 16). 2—What ability to maneuver has an airship over an airplane? (Page 33). 3—What is the best way to take-off when there is a wind? (Page 45). 4-What should be done in order to lose altitude? (Page 44). $—What can a pilot do, who has misjudged his landing, when near the ground? (Page 46). 6—What would be the advantage, to air travel, of islands in the air? (Page 39). 7—How could a motorless plane get its power? (Page 44), 8—What is the effect of a tornado on a plane? (Page 69). 9—How could a tornado be made artificially? (Page 69). 10—How might one go about making a winged race? (Page 70). 11—Why might a pilot be necessary for a radio- controlled plane? (Page-58), 12—What would he do after his work was done? (Page 58). comnicloooks.cotn