eight o'clock
`` Record breaker of what ? '' pressed the persistent Hiram . `` Well , '' said Mr. King with an animated sparkle in his eye , `` you and Dashaway come down to the hangar this evening , and I 'll tell you all about it . '' Dave Dashaway and his friend were promptly on hand at the Aegis hangar at eight o'clock that evening . Usually the boys took their meals with Mr. King . A group of the airman 's admirers , however , had insisted on a special dinner at a hotel just outside the grounds . Hiram piloted the way for Dave to the restaurant on the field .