# The Great Airport Mystery — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Great Airport Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon.

- [Peril from the Sky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/i-peril-from-the-sky.md): The Hardy brothers, Frank and Joe, drive to the new Bayport airport on a spring afternoon. Along the way, they witness an airplane flying erratically and diving dangerously close to their car. Despite their efforts to sp
- [The Crash](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/ii-the-crash.md): Frank and Joe Hardy narrowly avoid a plane crash while driving to the airport. The pilot, who appears intoxicated, blames them for the accident, despite their heroic efforts to save him. The boys are introduced as the so
- [A Promise of Trouble](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/iii-a-promise-of-trouble.md): After the airplane crash, Frank and Joe Hardy are confronted by the pilot, Giles Ducroy, who blames them for the accident. A farmer, Jim Perrin, witnesses the event and offers to testify on the boys' behalf, noting Ducro
- [An Attack](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/iv-an-attack.md): After the airplane crash, the Hardy boys face public scrutiny as Ducroy blames them. They struggle with exams while worrying about the investigation. Ducroy is fired from the post office, but he confronts the boys on the
- [Anxious Days](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/v-anxious-days.md): The Hardy boys learn they have been cleared of blame for the airplane crash, thanks in part to their father's influence. They focus on their final exams, and after a tense wait, discover that they and all their friends h
- [The Cabin in the Woods](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/vi-the-cabin-in-the-woods.md): The chapter opens with preparations for the class picnic at Beach Grove, where the Hardy boys and their friends enjoy a day of swimming, eating, and games. After lunch, Frank and Joe, accompanied by Callie and Iola, deci
- [A Mysterious Conversation](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/vii-a-mysterious-conversation.md): The Hardy boys and their friends return from a picnic at Beach Grove. Frank and Joe decide to investigate a cabin where they spotted suspicious figures. They overhear Giles Ducroy, Ollie Jacobs, and Newt Pipps discussing
- [Puzzled](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/viii-puzzled.md): After the storm interrupts their picnic, Frank and Joe Hardy return home and discuss the suspicious conversation they overheard between Giles Ducroy, Ollie Jacobs, and Newt Pipps. They speculate about Ducroy's possible c
- [IX: Missing Mail](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/ix-missing-mail.md): The chapter opens with the Hardy boys' graduation from Bayport High School, featuring a humorous burlesque orchestra performance. Afterward, they discuss plans for a summer outing, with Chet Morton proposing a quiet trip
- [X: Looking for Clues](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/x-looking-for-clues.md): The Hardy boys, convinced of Giles Ducroy's involvement in the mail bag theft despite his alibi, return to the cabin at Beach Grove to search for clues. They find a cigarette package labeled 'Red Ribbon' but little else.
- [News from the City](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xi-news-from-the-city.md): The Hardy boys and their friends brave a violent storm while returning from Cabin Island, narrowly escaping disaster. They find refuge with Amos Grice, who shelters them for the night. The next morning, they learn of a s
- [Under Arrest](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xii-under-arrest.md): The Hardy boys, along with Chet and Biff, are at Amos Grice's store after being caught in a storm. They learn of a second airport mail robbery and receive a urgent call from their father to return home. Upon arriving in 
- [XIII: Circumstantial Evidence](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xiii-circumstantial-evidence.md): The Hardy boys are arrested for the airport mail robbery based on circumstantial evidence: Frank's lost sweater with his name tag, Joe's unique shoe prints, and Frank's knife found at the scene. Despite their protests of
- [XIV: Held for Trial](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xiv-held-for-trial.md): Frank and Joe Hardy are formally charged with robbing the air mail and held for trial with bail set at fifty thousand dollars. Despite Fenton Hardy's attempts to prove their innocence through footprint analysis, Chief Co
- [On the Trail of Ollie Jacobs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xv-on-the-trail-of-ollie-jacobs.md): The Hardy boys are released on bail thanks to Elroy Jefferson and Hurd Applegate. They discuss the case with their father, who reveals that Giles Ducroy, Newt Pipps, and Ollie Jacobs have disappeared. Following a tip, th
- [XVI: Mysterious Plans](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xvi-mysterious-plans.md): The Hardy boys follow Ollie Jacobs to an abandoned house, where they overhear him, Giles Ducroy, and Newt Pipps planning a major robbery involving an airplane. They learn the crime is scheduled for the 28th or 29th of th
- [Dangerous Business](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xvii-dangerous-business.md): The Hardy boys arrive at Riverside Field to spy on Giles Ducroy and his gang. They overhear plans for a crime on the night of the twenty-eighth, involving forcing down a plane. Determined to stay close, they decide to st
- [The Warning Message](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-the-warning-message.md): The Hardy boys, having stowed away in Ducroy's airplane, endure a tense and monotonous flight. After landing, they overhear Ducroy, Pipps, and Jacobs discussing their plans involving a confederate named Jed and a job sch
- [The Twenty-Eighth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xix-the-twenty-eighth.md): The Hardy boys spend another day hiding in Ducroy's plane, which takes a short flight to an abandoned farm. They overhear the criminals' plans and hide in a nearby farmhouse, but wake at dawn to see the plane taking off 
- [That Night](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xx-that-night.md): After the airplane departs without them, the Hardy boys are disheartened but resolve to return to Bayport. However, spotting Newt Pipps in the village renews their hope, and they hide as Ducroy and Jacobs return to the f
- [XXI: West of Bacon Hill](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xxi-west-of-bacon-hill.md): The Hardy boys, hidden in Ducroy's plane, overhear the trio's plan to rob another aircraft. During the flight, Joe's sleeve gets caught in the steering gear, nearly causing a crash. After freeing himself, they witness th
- [Captured](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xxii-captured.md): The Hardy boys, having secretly stowed away in the tail of Ducroy's plane, witness the attempted robbery of an air mail plane. When the mail pilot is forced down by a rope tangled in his propeller, the boys ambush Ducroy
- [Back in Bayport](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xxiii-back-in-bayport.md): The Hardy boys return to Bayport after thwarting the mail robbery, only to find themselves celebrated as heroes. They learn that their father, Fenton Hardy, has arrested the real culprits—two mechanics who confessed to h
- [Vindicated](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/chapters/xxiv-vindicated.md): The Hardy boys are vindicated after clearing up the airport mystery. The city praises them, and Hurd Applegate and Elroy Jefferson visit to congratulate them. Fenton Hardy explains how Ducroy framed the boys, and the pos

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