JP
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When I was a wee lad growing up in the highlands me Grandmums gave me a book that contained several adventure stories for boys. My guess is it was written in the late 40s or 50s.
One of the stories was about a young man who lived on a farm and wanted to be a pilot. He enters some sort of contest to become a pilot and doesn't hear anything back. One day a guy lands a plane on the farm with mechanical problems. The young man helps him out and it turns out the man was there to deliver a flying scholarship to him....
Another one of the stories was about a canoe trip in the wild where one of the characters brings an outboard motor along. One of the other guys on the trip makes fun of him unitl he hurts his arm and the motor saves them--but not until the guy who hurt his arm also saves the day when the motor fails to start due to water in the gas and he suggests they strain the gas through chamois.....
Unfortunately, the book went missing when I was still quite small and I cannot remember the title. Does anyone out there in flying land remember those stories and the book?
One of the stories was about a young man who lived on a farm and wanted to be a pilot. He enters some sort of contest to become a pilot and doesn't hear anything back. One day a guy lands a plane on the farm with mechanical problems. The young man helps him out and it turns out the man was there to deliver a flying scholarship to him....
Another one of the stories was about a canoe trip in the wild where one of the characters brings an outboard motor along. One of the other guys on the trip makes fun of him unitl he hurts his arm and the motor saves them--but not until the guy who hurt his arm also saves the day when the motor fails to start due to water in the gas and he suggests they strain the gas through chamois.....
Unfortunately, the book went missing when I was still quite small and I cannot remember the title. Does anyone out there in flying land remember those stories and the book?