Project Gutenberg 2025-01-05 Public domain in the USA. 132 Watkins, Richard Howells Watkins, Richard H. (Richard Howells) His to fly $aNew York :$bStreet & Smith Corporation, $c1929. Produced from the August 7, 1929 issue of The Popular Magazine. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "His to Fly" by Richard Howells Watkins is a short story published in the late 1920s, where the characters navigate the challenges of early aviation. The narrative revolves around two pilots, Beak Becket and Jerry Tabor, as they grapple with their complicated partnership while flying a biplane. Central to the story is the theme of ambition and the tension between experience and inexperience in pursuit of flight. The plot unfolds as Jerry and Beak prepare for a flight, highlighting their contentious relationship. Beak, a seasoned pilot, often belittles Jerry, who is eager to prove himself. Tensions rise during their journey, particularly when the realities of aerial navigation become perilous amid fog and dwindling fuel. As the story climaxes with a malfunction and impending disaster, Jerry's decisive moment comes when he must choose between saving himself by jumping with a parachute or taking control of the plane that he partly owns. In a courageous act of determination, Jerry takes over the cockpit, demonstrating growth and asserting his newfound identity as a pilot, ultimately leading to their precarious landing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/popularmagazinev096n041929firstaugustnumber 20250101101352watkins 1929 US Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Air pilots -- Fiction Parachuting -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Adventure 60776 2025-06-29T13:47:51.917520 text/html 36667 2025-03-25T08:20:11 text/html 466576 2025-06-29T13:47:54.665576 application/epub+zip 465368 2025-06-29T13:47:52.887537 application/epub+zip 166124 2025-06-29T13:47:52.270562 application/epub+zip 852413 2025-06-29T13:47:55.961577 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 845241 2025-06-29T13:47:54.173557 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53667 2025-06-29T13:47:51.780540 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33184 2025-03-25T08:20:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15670 2025-06-29T13:47:56.087499 application/rdf+xml 23419 2025-06-29T13:47:52.510524 image/jpeg 4110 2025-06-29T13:47:52.389562 image/jpeg 1062828 2025-06-29T13:47:51.938519 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