"Long before the days of jet planes, Nick Mamer and co-pilot Art Walker set an awe-inspiring record. They flew from Spokane, Washington to San Francisco, to New York, and from New York back to Spokane- without landing. This is the true story of the 1929 flight- during which their airplane was again and again refueled in the air with ropes and hose- by other daring airmen flying wood-and-fabric airplanes. For five long days, these two aviators in their single-engine biplane battled nearly-empty gas tanks, hazardous mountain ranges, electrical storms, thirst, hunger, and fatigue to set the nonstop, transcontinental round trip record."-- back cover.