When he arrives at a competition to race his new rocket-powered plane, Tom learns that some of the contestants have crashed during their test runs and decides to investigates the cause of the problem.
When he arrives at a competition to race his new rocket-powered plane, Tom learns that some of the contestants have crashed during their test runs and decides to investigates the cause of the problem.
Text and photographs record the early exploits of aviation stuntmen, early speed races, and describes types of aircraft used to race before World War II.