Flight of Passage: A True Story by Rinker Buck adolescence 2 The Glory of God

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Flight of Passage: A True Story by Rinker Buck adolescence 2 The Glory of GodIn the Summer of 1966, Rinker and Kernahan Buck two teenaged schoolboys from New Jersey bought a dilapidated Piper Cub airplane for $300, rebuilt it, and piloted it on a record breaking flight across America navigating all the way to California without a radio, because they couldn't afford one. Their trip retraced a mythical route flown by their father, Tom Buck, a brash, colorful ex barnstormer who had lost a leg in a tragic air crash before his sons