Sky Birds Dare!

THE NAVY THINKS GLIDERS ARE A HOBBY. BREEZE CALLAGHAN INTENDS TO PROVE THEY’RE A WEAPON.

Breeze Callaghan can make a glider ride the wind like a bird. He is convinced that engineless aircraft have a military future: they can keep flying after a powered plane would be helpless, and they can move through hostile skies without the roar of an engine.

The U.S. Navy is not convinced.

Breeze has one chance to demonstrate what his “soaring ships” can do. Standing in his way is Badger O’Dowell, a rival...