The next-to-last laugh
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THE NEXT-TO-LAST LAUGH
By Raoul Fauconnier Whitfield
A test-pilot—the man who tries out new types of airplanes—has about the most hazardous job known—as witness this exciting story.
Illustrated by William Mott
Funny things happen at Rook Field, and that fact isn’t so surprising. All sorts of nuts try to put something together that will do something in the air that has never been done before—and if the boys think that the something has a third of a chance it’s given a try-out. MacComas has a pretty level head, and it isn’t every inventor who can get his pet theory into a hangar at Rook. But enough of them do to make things interesting.
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This free edition of The next-to-last laugh by Raoul Whitfield comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #79571, released 2026-09-14. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer.
