# The Great Airport Mystery — Character guide

> Key figures in The Great Airport Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon.

- [Frank Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/frank_hardy.md): Frank is the planner of the pair, the one who decides to warn the authorities and to keep out of sight when Ducroy's plane turns up at Riverside Field. He carries the weight of the family name: a phone call home reveals 
- [Joe Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/joe_hardy.md): Frank's younger brother and fellow detective, impulsive and athletic.
- [Giles Ducroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/giles_ducroy.md): Ducroy storms away from his own crash promising the boys will suffer for it, then leaves a farmer to vouch that the fault was his. His word carries the weight of a uniform, and the boys know he'll stretch the truth to cl
- [Ollie Jacobs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/ollie_jacobs.md): Jacobs keeps rough company at the Raven Roadhouse and moves between cheap hotels under the watch of a suspicious clerk. Hidden behind newspapers, Frank and Joe overhear him refuse to go a cent over eight thousand dollars
- [Chet Morton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/chet_morton.md): Chet is the comic anchor of the group, standing on his head when the exam results come in and groaning that they've all failed before Frank springs the joke. He and Biff ride along to Mr. Grice's store, where the news of
- [Fenton Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/fenton_hardy.md): Fenton Hardy works from his study, putting aside papers to hear his sons' account of the crash and later naming Pipps and Jacobs as a bad gang. He supplies the crucial tip that the pair use the Raven Roadhouse as headqua
- [Chief Collig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/chief_collig.md): Collig sits at the uncomfortable intersection of procedure and instinct: the post office wants Frank and Joe jailed, and he is the one who must put the cuffs on boys he half-believes are innocent. His cryptic hints about
- [Newt Pipps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/newt_pipps.md): Newt is the weak link in a criminal chain that cannot afford one — he has been with Ducroy and Jacobs from the start, which means he knows too much to abandon and too little to trust. Ducroy sneers at his cowardice while
- [Hurd Applegate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/hurd_applegate.md): Applegate belongs to the circle of influential townsmen who rally behind Fenton Hardy's sons when the postal charges threaten to bury them. His confidence is loud and unapologetic: he declares the arrest ridiculous and i
- [Callie Shaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/callie_shaw.md): Frank's girlfriend, occasionally involved in the investigation.
- [Biff Hooper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/biff_hooper.md): A friend of the Hardy boys, strong and reliable.
- [Mr. Smuff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/mr_smuff.md): Smuff is the kind of official who mistakes procedure for competence, glowering at jokes and reminding everyone that his job is secure. He arrives at the boathouse to haul Frank and Joe before Chief Collig, unmoved by the
- [Elroy Jefferson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/elroy_jefferson.md): A man whose mail is involved in the mystery.
- [Amos Grice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/amos_grice.md): A man who provides information about the case.
- [Benton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/benton.md): A minor character, possibly an employee or associate.
- [Mrs. Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_airport_mystery_se/characters/mrs_hardy.md): The boys' mother, supportive and caring.

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