Horace Takes a Hand is the fifth short story in the eighth anthology of Biggles Air Police short stories entitled Biggles Flies to Work. The anthology was first published in September, 1963. In the anthology, this story is preceded by The Two Bright Boys and followed by Biggles Learns Something.
Synopsis[]
Fifteen year old Horace Wilberton brings Biggles a report about an Auster and its pilot behaving suspiciously in Dartmoor.
Plot[]
See articles Horace Wilburton and Carlo Costino for a summary of the plot.
Characters[]
The Special Air Police/Scotland Yard[]
- Biggles
- Algy Lacey
- Ginger Hebblethwaite
Others[]
Aircraft[]
- Auster J1 Autocrat - G-AOSL
- Percival Proctor
Places[]
Visited[]
- London, Scotland Yard - Biggles' office
- Dartmoor
Mentioned[]
- Woolsden Hall, Glensden, Devon - home of Horace Wilberton
Research Notes[]
- G-AOSL really did exist and was an Auster 5! Built in 1945, it was first registered in 1956 to Cartwright Hamilton Aviation of Kensington, London. In 1959, it was registered to Overseas Aviation Limited of St. Helier, Jersey. It was subsequently sold to overseas owners.[1]
- The Auster Heritage Group website has many photos of G-AOSL.[2]