The Airship Golden Hind""

want a trial flight on that day, and if it proves satisfactory, I'll make a formal entry at once. M. Chauvasse stipu

ing fixed up as far as our private business is concerned before th

an signified

dyke. "But if anything unforeseen t

, Messrs. Kenyon and Bramsdean, would be away for six weeks, during which time all orders could be safely entrusted to their works manager. E

an British had been received. The lack of enterprise on the part of British airmen was commented upon and an a

istry had given instructions for all facilities to be afforded to its crew in their attempt to circumnavigate the globe within a space of twenty days. Details, both erroneous and exaggerated

Man," declared Kenyon, whe

ology 14.30--Kenyon and Bramsdean arrived at Air Grange, to find a vast concourse of would-be spectators congregated round the gates, backing up t

on. Thousands of people arrived on foot--from where goodness only knows! Hawkers and itinerant purveyors displayed their wares; photographers, both amateur and professional, elbowed their way towards the forbidden ground; while three brass bands and at least a dozen individual musician

houting "Gangway, please," they continued to make a certain amount of progress until their arrival, coupled with th

ums with questions, getting inconsequent rep

won't be," shouted one of the Press representatives, evid

s men were almost swept off their feet. Things looked serious. If Kenyon and his compan

gnised him, and the report of his identity quickly spread. So when he raised h

t ready for flight, nor is she open to inspection. A trial flight has been fixed for Monday next. On that day the aerodrom

ere were calls for cheers for Sir Reginald Fosterdyke.

eth and Peter, taking advantage of this diversion, slipped inside the barri

f the crew found a fellow prowling round the shed. Goodness only knows what for. He pitched some sort of yarn, and since we aren't under the Defence of the Realm Act I couldn't detain him. But this crowd

ave our work cut out to force our way through, so we told the taxi-driver to take it

decided Sir Reginald. "Now I suppose yo

e offers a soluti

ing from Tampa, Florida, to-morrow in one of the large airships of the 'R' type that the Air Ministry sold to America recently. That forces our hand. We'

bout the B

'also rans.' Our formidable rivals are the Yankee and a Jap--a Count Hyashi--who

yage, assembled in the large dining-hall for an impromptu farewell dinner, and to t

Incautious handling or a sudden change in the direction of the air currents might easily result in disaster. The operation had to be carr

a bare three feet from the ground. The crew were at their stations, Kenyon assisting Fosterdyke in the wheelhouse, whil

the shed until her entire length, straining gently at the rope t

ported Bramsdean thr

ng released from the metal cylinders was barely audible above the sighing of the wind in the

terdyke leant out of the wi

dy? ...

mplate would have been the fate of an unwary "ground-man" had he retained his grip on the rope. But without an accident to mar the moment

heard and unseen save by the loyal band of helpers at the aerodrome, Sir Reginald Fos