The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship

Margaret Burnham

Teenagers Peggy Prescott and her brother Roy share a love of aviation that they inherited from their late father. Mr. Prescott had always dreamed of building an aeroplane that would be free of the defects of planes already invented. Peggy and Roy manage to build a plane starting with the framework their father had begun. Peggy christens it ‘The Golden Buttefly’ and she and Roy are determined to enter it in a young aviator’s contest for a prize of $5000. The Prescotts need the money desperately to save the home they share with their aunt which is about to be taken from them by the rather nasty banker, Mr. Harding. Peggy and Roy along with their best friends, Jess and Jimsy Bancroft – also sister and brother, experience many adventures – many of them while flying the Golden Butterfly. A kidnapping, missing jewels and contact with some desperate characters are just some of what the Prescotts encounter in their Long Island village of Sandy Bay. There’s never a dull moment for these two as they pursue their dream of flying. (Summary by Lee Ann Howlett.)

Genre(s): Children's Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Golden Butterfly Lee Ann Howlett
00:18:17
Play 02 Suspense and Achievement Lee Ann Howlett
00:15:02
Play 03 The Clouds Gather Lee Ann Howlett
00:12:53
Play 04 Jess and Roy Lee Ann Howlett
00:09:42
Play 05 A Narrow Escape Lee Ann Howlett
00:10:25
Play 06 A Roadside Mystery Lee Ann Howlett
00:13:05
Play 07 Peggy is Puzzled Lee Ann Howlett
00:13:25
Play 08 Hester's Ruby Lee Ann Howlett
00:09:56
Play 09 A Race Against Time Lee Ann Howlett
00:09:47
Play 10 The Rival Aeroplane Lee Ann Howlett
00:09:27
Play 11 In Direst Peril Lee Ann Howlett
00:12:07
Play 12 What Happened on the Island Lee Ann Howlett
00:10:32
Play 13 Jukes Dade Appears Lee Ann Howlett
00:08:51
Play 14 A Girl Aviator's Adventure Lee Ann Howlett
00:09:33
Play 15 The Hermit of the Woods Lee Ann Howlett
00:09:38
Play 16 The Enemy's Move Lee Ann Howlett
00:09:40
Play 17 A Coward and His Ways Lee Ann Howlett
00:10:57
Play 18 The Daring of Peggy Lee Ann Howlett
00:10:42
Play 19 Brother and Sister Lee Ann Howlett
00:12:18
Play 20 In the Nick of Time Lee Ann Howlett
00:11:46
Play 21 The Phantom Airship Lee Ann Howlett
00:06:41
Play 22 Jim Bell of the West Lee Ann Howlett
00:07:25
Play 23 Like Thieves in the Night Lee Ann Howlett
00:10:52
Play 24 Hester Makes Amends -- Conclusion Lee Ann Howlett
00:13:06