We’re not told exactly what these scouts were doing, but it was obviously important. While the plane flies over, one is watching with the binoculars, and the other is listening to some important message on the radio.

The illustration, by Douglas Duer, appeared a hundred years ago this month in the June 1922 issue of Boys’ Life.

The issue contained a number of features about wireless, including one fiction story, as well as detailed instructions for constructing a crystal set. It also included this sad tale of the sinking of the SS Grøntoft.