Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the Great Lake

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nner of the monoplane endurance prize, and the man wh

say as to the matter

can make the run Dash

boy to hol

d about," added Dave, "it's the

. "I'm getting along famously. Why, I only ti

to the borders of the lake, where the new hydroplane made by the Interstate Aviation Company was ready for a trial trip. Grimshaw knew little of hydroplanes, a

of how to run a hydroplane than to operate a monoplane. It was simple

Kewaukee contract had pleased them immensely. There was another end to the Kewaukee e

mbus. Somehow the story of how the Interstate people had outwitted the plots of the Star crowd

ou ought to see the looks they gave me when I just grinned at them, and said 'Contract!' It was like a fellow saying 'Baa!' to sheep. Why, th

r honest aeronautics if they

tle help, if they try any mor

s all ready for use. It was equipped to carry two or more passengers, and was driven by a fi

s air machines. However, because his favorite pupil was going to run the mach

d aft, with an upward slope in fro

le, and quick to rise

Grimshaw, there'

flywheel. The latter was made with teeth to

that, now?" aske

ward alongside the pilot's seat. Here's the

"Give me the air, though, every time. If you wa

water combination, Gri

little better,"

ydroplane Dave's people are getti

ould be completed t

going to ru

e so. They claim g

suggested Mr. King. "I want to see how she work

Interstate people, was twenty feet lon

am sat directly beside him. A t

een mile wind, Dashawa

o far from shore," advised

ed all right, however. A crowd had gathered on the beach, and there

u invited me to, Dav

cover, so that during the preliminary run alon

dden current or breeze sent the tail before the wind

ordered Da

or an upset," spo

ed over backwards, the

ed with only wetting their feet, for they climbed upon

e boat house, the damage shown was a slight fracture to the main girder and some of the ribs at the trailing

aid Mr. King, "I think I would postpone th

e boat house after the airman and Grimshaw had

at the beginning," the latter decl

that is true,"

quired Hiram, "for I see y

"That upset was necessary, I guess, to teach me that I must drive on just as l

ng to try again?"

t so choppy now, and the win

for much of a ru

end of the lake and b

ready-with you," l

an on his first trial. The Reliance behaved splendidly. Once clear of shore obstr

ched without a mishap. Dave did not wait to try any maneuv

he observed, as t

I'm thinking

the water, but there was no rain. In fact, it had turned too cold for that. A f

as they got clear of the shore. "I shoul

ituation. No air signal had yet been placed on the

and the fog became almos

ut Hiram sharply, as there

nk," replied Dave. "I

rings, I'd run s

" advised Hiram. "We

on her fi

ell rang out across the muggy waters, and then, in