BIGGLES - CHARTER PILOT
First Published in July 1943 - 157 pages
This contains 16 short stories all of which are unusual in that they consist of Ginger telling his comrades in 666 (Fighter) Squadron of his adventures with Biggles when they were chartered by Dr. Augustus Duck (nicknamed "Donald") to take him to investigate various strange phenomena.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
Investigating a new island, our heroes find all the creatures on the island far bigger than normal.
(The picture on the dust cover of the book of Biggles fighting off a giant crab is from this story).
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABOMINABLE CAVEMAN
Biggles discovers that seal poachers are scaring away local natives.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE HORTICULTURAL HERMITS
Descendants from Jesuits have discovered amazing plants that they use to defend themselves.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CROONING CROCODILE
Biggles exposes a charade that is being used to con local natives.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE OXIDIZED GROTTO
Our heroes seek and find a cave where everything inside is white due to oxidisation.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PURPLE CLOUD
Tiny locusts growing in number cause problems in Nicaragua until Biggles deals with them.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PATAGONIAN GIANTS
A group of shipwrecked mariners have discovered a diet that increases their height and strength.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MUSTY MAMMOUTH
A thaw in Greenland uncovers some long frozen creatures and Ginger reveals how he got his scar.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE LUMINOUS LILY
A graveyard of crocodiles causes the plant life growing on it to become phosphorescent.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUSPICIOUS VOLCANO
The volcano, Xactapetl, in Mexico is being used as a hideout for local villain, El Cuchillo.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE HAUNTED CREEK
Biggles finds an explanation for the ghosts of Dead Cow Creek on the Cooper River in Australia.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN SHIRTS
Descendants of shipwrecked Dutch mariners have been using the gold on board their ship to wear.
(This short story has a number of similarities with
BIGGLES AND THE LOST SOVEREIGNS)
THE ADVENTURE OF THE INQUISITIVE DODOS
Everybody thinks the Dodo is extinct but Biggles and Co. know otherwise.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE COUNTERFEIT CRUSADERS
Biggles and Co. visit the Caucasus in Russia and find German spies in disguise.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE GREEN HORSE
At the Hogger Mountains in the Libyan Desert, our heroes discover a tribe of troglodytes.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SILENT DEATH
A new species of vampire bat has the ability to mesmerise its victims before draining them of blood.
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Biggles - Charter Pilot
Publication Details- published by Oxford University Press
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