Air Wonder Stories, August 1929

About this issue

This issue of Air Wonder Stories (Volume 1, No. 2, published August 1929 by Stellar Publishing Corporation under editor Hugo Gernsback) features science fiction stories blended with aviation and scientific content. The featured story "The Silent Destroyer" by Henrik Dahl Juve depicts a future aerial conflict between Occidental and Oriental forces armed with atomic ray weapons—depicted on the cover as a destroyer ship disintegrating an enemy aircraft with devastating cutting power. Captain Burke Gauthier and Lieutenant Evenrude discuss military operations involving a traitor named Ghorski who has stolen anti-nullifier technology to the Orientals, threatening the Occidental side. Additional fiction includes "Beyond Gravity" by Ed Earl Repp and Victor MacClure's serialized "The Ark of the Covenant" (Part 2). Edward E. Chappelow contributes "The Planet's Air Master." The issue also includes practical aviation content: an aviation questionnaire, monthly aviation news, and reader letters. Advertisements promote technical education through the School of Engineering.