Flight 101.

 This is what should have been last weeks release before I found out that one of my childhood heroes died. 

The Secret Agent on flight 101 is the 30th Hardy boys book here, and 46th in America, its basically the Hardys doing an Elvis and touching down in Scotland for a case involving a stage magician with his own castle and sideline in international espionage.

The two groups SKOOL (good guys) and UGLI (not good guys)  are basically  two sides of the same coin, being counterterrorist and actual terrorist groups. It starts with a magic trick that makes Fenton Hardy disappear and the boys spend half the mystery trying to track down their missing father. 

The other part is about the flight 101, a transatlantic route from the east coast to Glasgow, Scotland, and some pretty exotic planes. The enemies have a STOL at their disposal (helioplane in the original) and the boys have a hot air balloon and a trimotor plane piloted by Angus McHugh rather than Jack Wayne. 

I somehow neglected to add the original US version here but it has some differences, mainly about UK police stuff and Scotland yard. I did make notes of this when it came out, but this is a full pick through with revised notes and some more proof reading. 

You can read the original here.