About Man-Killers of the Air
Take a touch of Charles Lindbergh, mix in a dash of Evel Knievel, throw in one man-killing catΓÇöand youΓÇÖve got a recipe for a rip-roaring adventure featuring the high-flying, hard-living Smoke Burnham.
ThereΓÇÖs not a dare Smoke wonΓÇÖt take, and thereΓÇÖs not a wager he wonΓÇÖt make. Now heΓÇÖs betting his life that he can fly his plane, Super CometΓÇöwith his pet cheetah Patty coming along for the rideΓÇöacross the mountains and jungles of South America to a prize-winning payday.
All he has to do is out-race the competition, out-maneuver a saboteur, and make out with his girlΓÇöwhoΓÇÖs determined to bring him down to earth. One thing you can count onΓÇöin the air, in a fight, or in his girlfriendΓÇÖs armsΓÇöheΓÇÖs a man who likes to turn up the heat. Because where thereΓÇÖs Smoke, thereΓÇÖs fire.
In 1931, as a student at George Washington University, Hubbard founded the college Glider Club and within a few months a respected columnist said ΓÇ£he is recognized as one of the outstanding glider pilots in the country.ΓÇ¥ Later he wrote as the aviation correspondent for the prestigious flying magazine Sportsman Pilot. His combined writing and flying expertise comprised the perfect recipe to give stories like Man-Killers of the Air their authentic flavor.
ΓÇ£Great adventure to keep you on the edge of your seat.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöGather.com
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