Russ Wilder

Barnstorming the Heartland Russ Wilder

Product Description: An exciting nine-day adventure with a pilot who takes a physical as well as an emotional journey across America in a fifty-year-old biplane to a place called St. Francis, Kansas. This is a true story about a father's love for his pilot daughter and his hope to meet her there to resolve a rift between them and regain a final moment of forgiveness and acceptance in their father-daughter relationship. It?s seat-of-the pants flying in an antique aircraft on a three thousand-mile barnstorming trip across America in an attempt to reconcile with his daughter and to hopefully reunite with her and their fellow barnstormers in the Heartland. About the Author: RUSS WILDER is a retired Homeland Security planner and commercial pilot with over 20 years flying experience as a barnstorming pilot. Along with his love for flying old biplanes and restoring antique aircraft, he has flown over 5000 hours across America as a charter pilot, spray pilot, air show pilot, flight instructor, and banner pilot. He lives on a small farm in Maryland with his wife and daughter.