Flight of Passage - A True Story (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)

In the summer of 1966, 15-year-old Rinker and 17-year-old Kern Buck bought a battered Piper Cub for $300 and set out for California. But the real story, Buck later realized, lay elsewhere: "The odyssey", he knew, "was us". Rinker and Kern's father taught his sons to rebuild planes and fly them by the old seat-of-the-pants technique. With their father no longer able to fly, the brothers took to the skies -- alone.

Flight of Passage has been praised as "a riveting adventure tale, loopy travelogue, and powerful family memoir in one ingeniously crafted package" (Harry Stein, One of the Guys) and an "enchanting story of youthful accomplishment" (Kirkus). Buck weaves a powerful story with verve, insight, grace, and compassion.

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