Nothing by Chance

A Barnstorming Summer in Middle America

One summer in Cook, Nebraska, a group of part-time pilots decide to recreate a 1920s-style "barnstorming" flying tour. Calling themselves the "Great Flying Circus," they travel the American Midwest giving rides for three dollars and talking to the small-town characters they encounter. During their travels they meet an old man who is convinced that tornadoes are being generated because the astronauts landed on the moon, and a small boy who is willing to spend an entire day washing the planes for a few minutes of flying. Along the way, the men rediscover small-town America.

Cast

Hugh Downs

Self - Narrator

Richard D. Bach

Self

Jack Brown

Self

Chris Cagle

Self

Stuart Macpherson

Self

Glenn Norman

Self

Crew

Richard D. Bach

Writer

William H. Barnett

Director

William H. Barnett

Producer

Hugh Downs

Executive Producer

Molly McGreevy

Associate Producer

Lee Holdridge

Music

Flemming Olsen

Cinematography

William Clarkson

Second Assistant Director

David Whorf

Assistant Director

Bruce Bisenz

Sound Recordist

Clips & Videos

Nothing by Chance - Richard Bach