Synopses & Reviews
Lucky Martin is a daredevil of the skies—a test pilot who lives to break the rules and push the envelope. Sound like a perfect role for Errol Flynn? It did to Hollywood, as Flynn was cast in the movie of the same name.
Lucky’s a trailblazer—flying higher and faster than any pilot out there. His latest invention could change the face of air warfare and alter the balance of world power. It’s The Dive Bomber—a perfectly designed aircraft for the U.S. Navy. There’s only one problem—up to now every test flight has ended in disaster. The reason: sabotage.
America’s enemies will go to any length to get their hands on his design—from savage attacks to kidnapping his fiancée. Lucky’ll have to push his luck to the very limit to save his plane, save his girl . . . and save his country.
As a barnstorming pilot in the early days of aviation, Hubbard was dubbed “Flash” Hubbard by the aviation magazines of the day. Expanding his knowledge even more, he visited Boeing in Seattle where the president and chief engineer gave him an inside look at their test pilot program. His unique and pioneering insight of flight streaks across the page in novels like The Dive Bomber.
“Hubbard grounds his cliffhanger adventure firmly in aeronautical details that make it thrilling.” —Publishers Weekly
Review
"One of the great pulp writers with colorful prose, lively action writing, exotic locales, fresh variation on standard characters and situations, and well-constructed plots." —Ellery Queen
Synopsis
Enjoy this riveting tale. Lucky Martin is a daredevil test pilot who's perfected the design for a new bomber plane that the Navy is sure to buy. What makes the plane unique is its ability to dive straight down at seven miles a minute and suddenly level off—stressing the wings at nine times the plane's weight—without breaking apart.
Unfortunately for Lucky, hostile foreign powers are determined to see him fail so they can scoop up the plane's design for their own use. Following a string of "accidents" which nearly kill him, Lucky Martin becomes "Unlucky" Martin, making his future look very luckless indeed, unless he can stay alive to outwit the enemy."Primo pulp fiction." —Booklist
Synopsis
Lucky Martin is a daredevil of the skies a test pilot who lives to break the rules and push the envelope. Sound like a perfect role for Errol Flynn? It did to Hollywood, as Flynn was cast in the movie of the same name.
Lucky s a trailblazer flying higher and faster than any pilot out there. His latest invention could change the face of air warfare and alter the balance of world power. It s The Dive Bomber a perfectly designed aircraft for the U.S. Navy. There s only one problem up to now every test flight has ended in disaster. The reason: sabotage.
America s enemies will go to any length to get their hands on his design from savage attacks to kidnapping his fiancee. Lucky ll have to push his luck to the very limit to save his plane, save his girl . . . and save his country.
As a barnstorming pilot in the early days of aviation, Hubbard was dubbed Flash Hubbard by the aviation magazines of the day. Expanding his knowledge even more, he visited Boeing in Seattle where the president and chief engineer gave him an inside look at their test pilot program. His unique and pioneering insight of flight streaks across the page in novels like The Dive Bomber.
Hubbard grounds his cliffhanger adventure firmly in aeronautical details that make it thrilling. Publishers Weekly
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Synopsis
Lucky Martin is a daredevil of the skies--a test pilot who lives to break the rules and push the envelope. He's a trailblazer--flying higher and faster than any pilot out there. His latest invention could change the face of air warfare and alter the balance of world power. It's The Dive Bomber--a perfectly designed aircraft for the US Navy. There's only one problem--up to now every test flight has ended in disaster. The reason: sabotage.
America's enemies will go to any length to get their hands on his design--from savage attacks to kidnapping his fiancee. Lucky'll have to push his luck to the very limit to save his plane, save his girl ... and save his country.
Fasten your seat-belt and hold on to your crash helmet as The Dive Bomber takes you on the high-flying ride of your life.
"Hubbard grounds his cliffhanger adventure firmly in aeronautical details that make it thrilling." --Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Lucky Martin is a daredevil of the skies—the perfect role for Errol Flynn, who was cast in the movie of the same name. Lucky’s a trailblazer, and his latest invention could change the face of air warfare. But America’s enemies will go to any length to get their hands on the plane—from sabotage to kidnapping his fiancée. Lucky will have to push his luck to the limit to save his plane, save his girl . . . and save his country.
“Hubbard grounds his cliffhanger adventure firmly in aeronautical details that make it thrilling.” —Publishers Weekly
About the Author
With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 230 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.