1. The Germans saluted crisply
2. "Speen!"
3. Nothing is quite so silent as a dead engine
4. Hired on the spot by the AAF
5. Fierce acceleration glued me to the seatback
6. A real handful of no-nonsense airplane
7. Bluenose B
8. Impressed by the trip but not by the captain
9. "Release! Release!"
10. Wear your Goggles! Don't look back!
11. The Stearman slowed, then in a shower of sparks, it lunged forward
12. From AOA's dark blue to Pan Am's black
13. Brass bands and red-carpets
14. "What are you doing in that thing, Jack?"
15. Seconds after lift-off, number three engine died
16. A sky full of aggressive fighter planes
17. "Where did that come from?"
18. "You'll have a special passenger"
19. Quarantine or leave
20. A colossal swindle afoot?
21. Staring at me from my rice pile was an eye
22. A visit to the Twilight Zone
23. The worse news any parent could ever hear
24. Flowers, bowls of fruit and champagne
25. Three miles west of Wurtsboro the engine stuttered
26. Aloft with ORBIS
27. "Help him, Lord, help him"
28. "Barnstormer's Mutual"
29. The year to live a dream
30. "He's not quite as tall, but he looks like Charles A. Lindbergh!"
31. Weather forecast: Rain
32. Across the U.S. by map and compass
33. "You can't park here!"
34. A risky case of "get homeitis"
35. Closing the circle
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