Flying to be Free

by Hans J. Schneider

Front Cover:

This is a neat book! It was published in 1978 by World Wide Publishing Corporation, Ashland, Oregon. The soft cover book measures 5 3/8 inches by 8 ¼ inches and contains 256 pages. The cover shows minor signs of wear and is securely attached. The pages show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is near very good.


Title Page


Title Page – Verso

Contents:

    About the Book
    Preface
    Prologue

    Part I – Getting Ready

  1. Setting the Stage

    Part II – Heebie-Jeebies in the Cockpit
    4000 Miles of Adventure

  2. Panic over Paris
  3. Frenzied “Dancing” in the Air
  4. Our Plane Suffers Damage
  5. “Empty Tanks” Between Two Continents
  6. Desperate Search for Missing Airport
  7. An Apparition Leads to a Hostile Encounter
  8. Our Bird Returns to Its Roost

    9. Part III – On Final with the Ultimate

  9. The High Calling
  10. That Was Flying
  11. Rudi Lehmann’s Last Flight
  12. Wandering the Wilderness
  13. The Great Commission

    14. Part IV – Wings of Adventure

  14. Come Travel With Me
  15. The Call to California
  16. The Art of Exciting, Purposeful and Wise Travel
  17. On Eagle’s Wings
  18. Circling the Globe
  19. The Family Joins Me
  20. How to Travel on Pennies a Day and Enjoy It

    21. Part V – Flying Through the Ages

  21. History of Flight

    22. Epilogue – A final Word to the Reader
    Appendix


Hans Schneider and son Roy, 14, return from a nine-month 25,000-mile long tour criss-crossing America by private plane. Logging over 204 flying hours and 200 flights, they spoke for hundreds of meetings as well as on television and radio. His wife, Inger, and their four younger children meet him at the airport.


Left: Taxiing to the active runway on Bremen’s airport in a Danish KZ 3, a two-seater, in which type I took most of my instructions and soloed.

Right: I obtained my German Private Pilot License on June 30, 156. Note the size and simplicity of my U.S. Pilot Certificate (lower left) in comparison (both reduced 50%). My U.S. Restricted Radiotelephone Operator permit is at the lower right.

Excerpt – Back Cover:
Years ago, Hans J. Schneider, champion of flying, roamed the sky alone. The wind and clouds, the sun and stars were his only companions as he tasted the exhilaration of doing that which is different and difficult. Pitted against the untamed elements in search of a meaningful existence and challenge, he risked his life many times. Soon this spirit of exploration brought forth a virtually matchless aviation tragicomedy: The story of two daring skytrotters who made Europe vibrate and set young and old aflame with enthusiasm for unlimited adventure.

Veteran pilots, flight engineers and other pros all solemnly warned, “It can’t be done-you will not return!” Little did they know Hans had never known fear until… There he was, young determined and driven by a bold dream that couldn’t be stopped-which frequently brought him and Klaus face to face with death. It all changed Schneider’s ambitions and sent him around the world touching the hearts and lives of millions of people…
End excerpt


Left: The highest peak in the Americas, Mt. Aconcagua (22,834 feet), only 65 miles form Santiago, Chile, towered to my right as I crossed the Cordillera de los Andes in the cockpit of a Comet (above). This monarch is part of the Andes, the longest mountain chain in the world which stretches 4,500 miles from Cape Horn to Panama and is about 500 miles across the widest part. Only the Himalaya (house of snow) of northern India and Tibet is higher.

Right: The French have long been known for their contributions to aviation. Posing for a picture are the enthusiastic members of the Aero-Club d’Angolieme who instantly became our friends. “Napoleon” (third from right) stands next to me.


Top Left: Cusco, Peru
Bottom Left: Sacsahuaman
Top Right: Machu Picchu
Bottom Right: Pyramid of the Sun near Teotihuacán, Mexico


Left: Back home after another extensive international speaking tour…


Top: LZ 127 Fahrtbetrieb: Nach der Landung
Bottom: For many years, rigid airships, built by Zeppelin and other Germans, led the world…


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