The Ted Scott Flying Stories
by Franklin W. Dixon
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You'll like Ted Scott. He's a daring young American whose feats of flying thrill the whole world, but he keeps a level head on his shoulders. The whole flying series has been inspired by recent aerial exploits and is dedicated to Lindbergh, Commander Byrd, Clarence Chamberlin and other heroes of the skies.

A Stratemeyer Syndicate creation, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
The books were issued in two binding styles - red, then tan.
Both styles had full color dustjacket and glossy frontispiece.
The pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon was also used
for the popular Hardy Boys Mystery Stories.

Illustrators
Walter S. Rogers (1-14); J. Clemons Gretter (15-18); I.B. Hazelton (19-20)

A Guide To the Plots             Main Page
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TITLE LIST
01: Over The Ocean To Paris - 1927
or, Ted Scott's Daring Long Distance Flight
02: Rescued In The Clouds - 1927
or, Ted Scott, Hero Of The Air
03: Over The Rockies With The Air Mail - 1927
or, Ted Scott Lost In The Wilderness
04: First Stop Honolulu - 1927
or, Ted Scott Over The Pacific
05: The Search For The Lost Flyers - 1928
or, Ted Scott Over The West Indies
06: South Of The Rio Grande - 1928
or, Ted Scott On A Secret Mission
07: Across The Pacific - 1928
or, Ted Scott's Hop To Australia
08: The Lone Eagle Of The Border - 1929
or, Ted Scott And The Diamond Smugglers
09: Flying Against Time - 1929
or, Ted Scott Breaking The Ocean To Ocean Record       
10: Over The Jungle Trails - 1929
or, Ted Scott And The Missing Explorers
11: Lost At The South Pole - 1930
or, Ted Scott In Blizzard Land
12: Through The Air To Alaska - 1930
or, Ted Scott's Search In Nugget Valley
13: Flying To The Rescue - 1930
or, Ted Scott And The Big Dirigible
14: Danger Trails Of The Sky - 1931
or, Ted Scott's Great Mountain Climb
15: Following The Sun Shadow - 1932
or, Ted Scott And The Great Eclipse
16: Battling The Wind - 1933
or, Ted Scott Flying Around Cape Horn
17: Brushing The Mountain Top - 1934
or, Aiding The Lost Traveler
18: Castaways Of The Stratosphere 1935
or, Hunting The Vanished Ballonists
19: Hunting The Sky Spies - 1941
or, Testing The Invisible Plane
20: The Pursuit Patrol - 1943
or, Chasing The Platinum Pirates
A Guide To The Plot Of Every Ted Scott Book Ever Written
by R. W. Finnan

    "I sure would like to make that record breaking flight and win that prize money" stated Ted Scott, hero to untold millions.
    "Please let me write you a check to finance your new plane" responded Ted's loyal friend, rich young businessman, Walter Hapworth.
    "Oh but you must let me pay half" protested Paul Monet, a rich Frenchman whose life Ted had once saved.
    "Oh Ted, I just know something terrible will happen" blubbered Ted's aged, care-worn foster mother, Charity Browning.
    "Don't worry Ma, I guess the Lord is the Lord of the air as well as the ground" consoled her husband, the ever credulous Eben Browning.
    "Well, now that that's settled, I must go down to the Devally-Hipson Aero Corporation and see how things are going" stated Ted as he left the formerly run down but now refurbished Bromville House.
    Passing the luxurious Hotel Excelsior, owned by Brewster Gale, swindler, thief and general all-around rat, Ted encountered the dissipated, coarse featured, red headed, bucktoothed, gaudily attired sons of the aforementioned Brewster Gale, Gregory and Duckworth, Greg and Duck for short.
    "Here we are to taunt and insult you and catch another beating" sneered the twins.
    Quick as a wink, the flailing fists of Ted Scott caused both twins to measure their length in the grass.
    "We'll be back!" muttered the twins, shaking their fists as they slunk away.
    Arriving at the airfield, Ted recounted his adventure to his particular chums, Big Bill Ellison, Tom Maltby, Mark Lawson, Breck Lewis, Jack Forest and Joe Scarlet.
    "You sure taught them dogs a lesson! You're all wool and a yard wide and a brick too!" they all vouchsafed.
    "Well, I guess I better take off now" stated Ted modestly.
    His friends gasped in fear as the heavily laden plane just barely cleared the wires at the end of the runway.
    As Ted sailed along happily reflecting that he was now in his natural element, he felt growing pangs of hunger and thirst.
    "I guess I'd better have some of those sandwiches and coffee now" he thought to himself.
    Shortly thereafter, Ted passed out due to the drugs with which his enemies laced the sandwiches and coffee. In addition, a howling hurricane had suddenly spring up, tossing the little plane about like a chip on the ocean. Still Ted dozed on in a stupor as the gallant little plane sank closer and closer toward the angry ocean's tossing whitecaps.
    Suddenly, a bolt of lightening hit the plane, arousing Ted from his slumber. He looked out the window and saw scarlet ribbons of flame creeping along the edges of both wings!
    "Steady boy, this is no time to panic" thought Ted.
    In an example of the now famous "Ted Scott Luck", he guided the plane toward a gigantic waterspout which suddenly appeared before him. Torrents of water quickly extinguished the creeping flames and the updraft of the enormous waterspout quickly pulled the gallant little plane toward the heavens and away from the dangerous ocean.
    "Lucky that waterspout came along when it did, I'll tell the world!" murmured Ted.
    The skies cleared and Ted sailed along through the starry skies. Suddenly, Ted felt and heard a series of thumps as if a giant was outside the plane banging on it.
    "That's no giant, it's the biggest flock of seagulls I've ever seen" exclaimed Ted.
    There was no avoiding the flock of maddened birds, soon the engine of the gallant little plane began to falter.
    "I guess I'd better bail out!" thought Ted. He hoped Charity was praying for him now. Ted flung open the door and stepped off into space. He quickly pulled the ripcord of his parachute but nothing happened! He would be smashed to bits!
    Suddenly the parachute opened wide and Ted found himself floating gently down. "I guess I'm OK now" he thought, "No, wait a minute, I'm still over the ocean! I could be drowned! Wait! What's that sound?"
    Ted looked below him and saw his gallant little plane, now running perfectly and on an even keel. "If I can only guide myself so as to land on my plane, I'll be saved!" thought he.
    Every muscle in his sinewy body was strained to the breaking point as he guided himself toward his plane. Would he be able to thread the needle? With a final super-human effort, Ted landed upon the onrushing plane and quickly clambered inside. He was safe! He knew Charity must have been praying for him.
    "I sure could use some more coffee" thought Ted, "I have to fly over the ocean to Paris, rescue flood victims, fly airmail over the Rockies, break the altitude record, fly to Honolulu, rescue missing flyers in the West Indies, fly south of the Rio Grande, fly to Australia with a stowaway madman on board, be the lone eagle of the border, look for smugglers, break the coast to coast speed record, fly over the jungle, fly to the South Pole, fly to Alaska, fly up the side of Mount Everest, outrace an eclipse, fly around Cape Horn, brush a mountain top, rescue explorers in the stratosphere, hunt spies and pursue enemy platinum pirates in the next World War! And in that order too! It's going to be a busy week!"

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