"Take a touch of Charles Lindbergh, mix in a dash of Evel Knievel, throw in one man-killing cat-and youāve got a recipe for a rip-roaring adventure featuring the high-flying, hard-living Smoke Burnham. Thereās not a dare Smoke wonāt take, and thereās not a wager he wonāt make. Now heās betting his life that he can fly his plane, Super Comet-with his pet cheetah Patty coming along for the ride-across the mountains and jungles of South America to a prize-winning payday. All he has to do is out-race the competition, out-maneuver a saboteur, and make out with his girl-whoās determined to bring him down to earth. One thing you can count on-in the air, in a fight, or in his girlfriendās arms-heās a man who likes to turn up the heat. Because where thereās Smoke, thereās fire. In 1931, as a student at George Washington University, Hubbard founded the college Glider Club and within a few months a respected columnist said āhe is recognized as one of the outstanding glider pilots in the country.ā Later he wrote as the aviation correspondent for the prestigious flying magazine Sportsman Pilot. His combined writing and flying expertise comprised the perfect recipe to give stories like Man-Killers of the Air their authentic flavor." A Galaxy Press audio production.