As historical re-enactments go, Chris Nesin's transcontinental flight next week couldn't be much more authentic. Nesin and his wife April will take off from Pennsylvania June 22 following the flight path of the Buck brothers, Rinker and Kern, that turned into the inspirational book Flight of Passage. What's more, they'll do it in the same Piper PA-11 the teenagers flew on their epic journey more than 48 years ago. "We've spent the last two and a half years rebuilding it and we just finished it last week," Nesin, a corporate pilot who now lives in Chattanooga, Tenn., said in a podcast interview. As of Sunday he had five hours on the Cub and said the new engine will literally be run in on the adventure.
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