Glutch and the Triple Stuff - Dick Browning - Bog

Twelve year old Charlie Dumont fits the description of Savant. Gifted with special mental abilities and a drive to make a difference in this world, Charlie has come up with a new fuel, Triple Stuff to power our cars and airplanes
Cursed with a life situation where he has lost his parents and is pursued by some very bad people, Charlie teams up with an ex-navy helicopter pilot and a hard drinking ex-navy chief to prove the advantages of Triple Stuff by flying around the world in a beat up old helicopter, the Glutch
They are challenged by the most modern, state of the art helicopter, piloted ba a lady who is determined to prove to the world that women can out-do men at anything. It is a race to circle the globe. The first to fly under the arch at St Louis wins.