Book Review: Floatplane Odyssey Documents Record-breaking Flight
Although not recognized by officials, Tom Casey’s floatplane flight around the world was truly a record-breaking adventure.
Twenty-five years ago, Tom Casey entered the unwritten record books by completing the first and only flight around the world in a single-engine seaplane operating only from water. The extraordinarily challenging and troublesome journey was never recognized by the National Aeronautic Association, the U.S. organization that sanctions records, but it deserves attention nevertheless, not just because it had never been done before but also because the flight surmounted huge setbacks, and succeeded both because of and in spite of Casey’s bull-headed approach to flying. The chief facilitator of the flight, William Coleman, has finally finished writing a book about the perilous and expensive venture.
