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Across 1. Their father's approval make the whole trip "legal" 6. Tom Buck's crash causes him to be in a place of suffering and remorse 7. putting a first coat of paint of the Cub 9. The boys made Hank out to be the perfect example of a great Stearman 14. at first the Rockies seemed impossible to enter 15. the threat of turbulence 17. The view from the sky is strikingly vivid and picture worthy 19. the plane was swinging in the wind like a weather vane 20. Kern's spirit was really brought down when they almost crashed the plane 22. low-lying cloud formation occurring in extensive horizontal layers with rounded summits. 24. a tricky way of dealing with the waterbag 25. Being away from his nagging father was an ideally perfect place 27. a cumulonimbus associated with severe thunderstorms, possibly tornadoes 29. full of concern or fear for the future 31. The boys growing friendship was bound to happen 32. this plane better be flight worthy or it's not getting licensed 33. avocadoes away! 34. the upper regions of the atmosphere 35. Kern and Rinker's nearness to each other 37. Hank was really astonished by the boys' coast to coast flight 40. A mountain range from northern Pennsylvania to southwest Virginia 43. A large structure or group of structures marking an entrance or approach. 44. stay away from this portential thunderstorm 45. for the boys mom, getting 6 small children ready to leave is chaos 46. To appear in exhibitions of stunt flying and parachute jumping. 47. When the boys fly 48. a procession of motor vehicles

Down 2. Rinker feels annoyed dealing with his father 3. the prarie dogs moved as one group; all together 4. the Cub's missing piece of equipment; a royal pain to Rinker 5. the turbulence really beat Rinker up 8. The sky was huge 10. Kern's flying abilities are extraordinary 11. The boys father talked in a teasing way when giving Rinker the Timex 12. the boys only stayed a short time at each destination 13. in the air, Kern was incapable of being intimidated 16. The Arkansas Stearman were drunken and boisterous off-duty 18. Kern was extremely careful and diligent in his restoration of the Cub 21. Kern only felt this kind of confidence in the air 23. pilots lower their altitude in order to avoid clouds or Instrument meteorological conditions 24. The turbulent flow of air driven backward by the propeller or propellers of an aircraft 26. To correct by punishment or reproof; take to task 28. to skim along on the surface of the water 30. Hank and the other men spread fertilizer and pesticide from their plane 32. step on the gas; put the pedal to the metal 36. Tom Buck has his own distinctive style or flair 37. To fly to Indiana on the first day was a total whim 38. Politics is a place of strong assertions given as though they were facts 39. The Red Bull of the 50s and 60s 41. the stories of the old days were just deceptive nonsense 42. those old men at the airports could sure talk a blue streak