Nothing by Chance

A Barnstorming Summer in Middle America

Nothing by Chance — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 31, 1975
• Runtime
• 93 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• William H. Barnett

Nothing by Chance — Cast

Hugh Downs Self - Narrator

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Richard D. Bach Self

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Jack Brown Self

C

Chris Cagle Self

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Stuart Macpherson Self

G

Glenn Norman Self