Project Gutenberg 2023-09-23 Public domain in the USA. 206 Langworthy, John Luther Lawrence, C. H. 12010756 The Bird boys : $b Or, the young sky pilots' first air voyage $aChicago :$bM. A. Donohue & Co., $c1912. Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Bird Boys: Or, the Young Sky Pilots' First Air Voyage" by John Luther Langworthy is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around two young cousins, Andy Bird and Frank Bird, who share a passion for aviation and are working diligently on building their first monoplane. The book explores themes of friendship, competition, and the thrill of discovery as the boys navigate their challenges, including rivalry with a pair of competitors and the excitement of their anticipated air journey. The opening portion of the narrative sets the stage with Andy lamenting the loss of a specially invented aluminum wrench essential for their aircraft. Various boys from their group engage in light-hearted banter as they try to piece together what happened to the wrench, leading to humorous conjectures about its fate. Amidst this, we learn about the boys' backgrounds—Frank's protective upbringing from his father, who is also a doctor, and Andy's aspirations influenced by his father's legacy as an aviator. The plot swiftly transitions to their earnest discussions about the completion of their monoplane, generating anticipation for the trials ahead while foreshadowing potential challenges from their rivals who are also preparing for an aeronautical competition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230629002638langworthy 1912 US Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Aeronautics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 331222 2025-09-28T10:20:20.508452 text/html 327606 2023-09-23T13:05:07 text/html 814928 2025-09-28T10:20:27.573923 application/epub+zip 812124 2025-09-28T10:20:22.261412 application/epub+zip 535163 2025-09-28T10:20:21.302399 application/epub+zip 1846428 2025-09-28T10:20:31.128831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1601616 2025-09-28T10:20:26.646900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292720 2025-09-28T10:20:20.041386 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 292763 2023-09-23T13:05:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16760 2025-09-28T10:20:31.265870 application/rdf+xml 24651 2025-09-28T10:20:21.553398 image/jpeg 3928 2025-09-28T10:20:21.426381 image/jpeg 1712720 2023-09-23T13:05:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 1792557 2025-09-28T10:20:20.556397 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