BORN TO FLY

by Robert Sidney Bowen ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, 1971

If Bowen had as big a repertoire of locutions as he does of aerobatic stunts and misadventures, then maybe no one would mind that these episodes are only held together by repeated promises of trouble: ""had they known what the fates had in store for them, they would have doubled and tripled their prayers!"" Titular figure Rick Duncan whose veins are infused on his late father's side with blue yonder is notable mostly for constantly 'giving a nod of his head for emphasis,' while Joe Klein's Three Aces can be depended on to look to 'Lady Luck' or 'the gods' or the Lord for help. Money is the problem -- their Pratt-Whitney Stearmans are getting older and the county fair commissions aren't coming through. . . until Rick makes a name for himself and the team by saving a senator and a rich promoter on a hazardous search for their downed plane. Beyond that longish incident, Rick's triumph over a would-be skyjacker, and the intermittent passages waxing rhapsodic about flying, this just chronicles lots and lots and lots of very everydayish ups and downs -- so take it with a dramamine if at all.

Pub Date: May 1, 1971

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Criterion

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1971

Categories: FICTION