From his latest expedition into the airways above the western coast, Hal returned with jubilation in his heart. Even in the old model test plane he had taken out, he had ridden far and fast on a swift and mighty wind river high above the California sea edge. Young Dane was wild to be off in his own wide-winged speed plane, skimming this airpath on his viking journey across the western ocean before so much multiple competition achieved the goal ahead of him.