The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds   By: Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930)

Or

From College Campus to the Clouds

by

ARTHUR M. WINFIELD Author of "The Rover Boys at School," "The Rover Boys on the Ocean," "The Putnam Hall Cadets," "The Putnam Hall Rivals," Etc.

Illustrated

[Illustration: "THREE CHEERS FOR THE ROVER BOYS!" CALLED OUT ONE OF THE SENIORS. The Rover Boys in the Air. Frontispiece (Page 123.)]

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers

BOOKS BY ARTHUR M. WINFIELD THE ROVER BOYS SERIES

THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS THE ROVER BOYS IN CAMP THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA THE ROVER BOYS ON THE RIVER THE ROVER BOYS ON THE PLAINS THE ROVER BOYS IN SOUTHERN WATERS THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARM THE ROVER BOYS ON TREASURE ISLE THE ROVER BOYS AT COLLEGE THE ROVER BOYS DOWN EAST THE ROVER BOYS IN THE AIR

(Other volumes in preparation.)

THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES

THE PUTNAM HALL CADETS THE PUTNAM HALL RIVALS THE PUTNAM HALL CHAMPIONS THE PUTNAM HALL REBELLION THE PUTNAM HALL ENCAMPMENT THE PUTNAM HALL MYSTERY

12mo, Cloth. Illustrated Price, per volume, 60 cents, postpaid

GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, New York

Copyright, 1912, by Edward Stratemeyer

The Rover Boys in the Air

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE BOYS AND THE BIPLANE

II. SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS

III. SAM BRINGS NEWS

IV. AT THE TELEPHONE

V. LOOKING FOR THE LOST FLYING MACHINE

VI. TWO OLD ENEMIES

VII. THE RUNAWAY HORSES

VIII. TRIAL FLIGHTS

IX. THE NEW ARRIVAL

X. FUN WITH OLD RICKS

XI. OFF FOR BRILL COLLEGE

XII. A GRAND ARRIVAL

XIII. SOME INTERESTING NEWS

XIV. THE BIRTHDAY FEAST

XV. A PERILOUS FLIGHT

XVI. DICK AND DORA

XVII. CAUGHT IN A HAILSTORM

XVIII. TOM AND HIS FUN

XIX. STARTLING NEWS FROM HOME

XX. GRACE'S REVELATION

XXI. FOLLOWING DORA AND NELLIE

XXII. OVER THE BIG WOODS

XXIII. AT CLOSE QUARTERS

XXIV. AT THE SWAMP

XXV. THE TRAIL OF THE TOURING CAR

XXVI. THE MOONLIT TRAIL

XXVII. THE CHAUFFEUR OF THE TOURING CAR

XXVIII. AT THE OLD MANSION

XXIX. THE ARM OF THE LAW

XXX. THE ROUND UP CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

MY DEAR BOYS: This is a complete story in itself, but forms the sixteenth volume issued under the general title of "Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."

This line was started thirteen years ago by the publication of the first three volumes, "The Rover Boys at School," "On the Ocean," and "In the Jungle." I hoped that the young people would like the stories, but I was hardly prepared for the very warm welcome the volumes received. The three books were followed by a fourth, "The Rover Boys Out West," and then, yearly, by "On the Great Lakes," "In Camp," "On Land and Sea," "On the River," "On the Plains," "In Southern Waters," "On the Farm," "On Treasure Isle," "At College," and then by "Down East," where we last left our heroes and their friends.

Of course, as is but natural, Dick, Tom and Sam are older than when we first met them. Indeed, Dick is thinking of getting married and settling down, and with such a nice girl as Dora Stanhope, who could blame him? All of the boys are at college, finishing their education, and all are as wideawake as ever, and Tom is just as full of merriment. They have some strenuous times, and take a trip through the air that is a good deal out of the ordinary. They meet some of their old enemies, and prove that they are heroes in the best meaning of that much abused term.