transcontinental flights

"On a cross-country flight, the passengers of American Pride Flight 29 undergo a terrifying ordeal. After falling asleep, a handful of passengers awaken to realize that they h ave broken the time-space continuum and landed in a static and lifeless world. As they tentatively explore their new surroundings, they begin to hear menacing crunching noises over the hills"--OCLC.

In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.

Contains seventeen short stories about everything that could go wrong during air travel.

In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.

The author tells the story of the cross-country flight he and his brother made in 1966 at the ages of seventeen and fifteen, flying from the East coast all the way to California in a rebuilt Piper Cub, and discusses how their father's influence set them on the course to adventure.