Project Gutenberg 2011-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 194 Goldfrap, John Henry 1879 1917 Lawton, Captain Wilbur Deering, Fremont B. Payson, Howard Lawton, Wilbur Dexter J. Forrester West, Marvin Forrester, Dexter J. Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis) 1880 1952 The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune" by Captain Wilbur Lawton is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. This story continues the escapades of the Boy Aviators, focusing on Frank and Harry Chester, as they navigate exciting challenges involving aviation, engineering, and an intriguing mystery surrounding a private island. Themes of ingenuity and camaraderie are prevalent as the young protagonists engage in experiments and tackle conflicts with local fishermen. At the start of the novel, the Chester boys are settled on Brig Island, working on their latest invention, the "Sea Eagle", under the guidance of Dr. Perkins. Their peace is interrupted by the aggressive fishermen Zenas and Zeb Daniels, who resent the boys' presence and threaten their work. An electrified fence is set up for protection, but after an encounter with the Daniels results in a shocking lesson for the antagonists, tensions escalate. The opening introduces themes of adventure, conflict, and youthful determination as the boys prepare to demonstrate their innovative aircraft and respond to unexpected challenges while ensuring their project remains on track. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Aeronautics -- Juvenile fiction Flight -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 369024 2025-07-15T06:46:23.875270 text/html 364293 2011-08-23T15:21:44 text/html 404499 2025-07-15T06:46:32.296221 application/epub+zip 406763 2025-07-15T06:46:27.081284 application/epub+zip 207634 2025-07-15T06:46:25.749232 application/epub+zip 621160 2025-07-15T06:46:36.145200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577654 2025-07-15T06:46:31.328231 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362951 2022-09-17T05:31:08.489397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316104 2025-07-15T06:46:22.832261 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 316010 2011-08-23T15:21:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 309473 2011-08-29T09:19:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 309406 2011-08-29T09:20:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24167 2025-07-15T06:46:36.280181 application/rdf+xml 15639 2025-07-15T06:46:26.258239 image/jpeg 3681 2025-07-15T06:46:26.001219 image/jpeg 119406 2011-08-25T10:04:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 118555 2011-08-29T10:20:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 349615 2011-08-25T10:04:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 118494 2011-08-29T10:20:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 445320 2025-07-15T06:46:23.913226 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia