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Rinker Buck Flight of Passage Chino reported: The book is a memoir that was written many years later (it came out in 1997), and the flight is really the heart of it, a funny, inspiring, and occasionally hair-raising adventure story. But it also talks about the relationship between the boys and their often difficult father, as well as the relationship between Rinker and Kern, which changed in various ways as they tackled the project of restoring the Cub to like-new condition, planning the flight, and then actually flying across the USA (with Kern as the main pilot, and Rinker as the primary navigator). The boys encountered many challenges in crossing the country, and met various fascinating (and often strange!) people along the way. From the mechanics of restoring the airplane, to the dangers of flying through the "low part" of the Rockies, to the descriptions of many odd-ball Americans, it's a delight to read. Flight of Passage was another factor in my decision in 1999 to really focus on my own long-delayed flying lessons. Now Back to Jiffy-Lube in Milford. They called Kern Buck to approve the work on his car, and when he came back to the waiting room, I introduced myself. I told him I had heard his name, and I wondered if he was related to the Kern Buck in a flying book I had recently read. He said, "yes, I was the pilot in that book". We then talked for quite a while about the book, and about flying. It turned out that Kern lived just a short distance from me, and he worked as an attorney in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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