The Starship Diaries – The Story of a Two-Year Adventure Around The Planet in the Last Aircraft of its Kind
LOS GATOS, CA, September 8th, 2004 – What would YOU do with a multi-million dollar plane and time on your hands?
The Starship Diaries, a new aviation adventure and travel novel by author Dallas Kachan, chronicles a round the world flight in a futuristic, but endangered, Beechcraft Starship aircraft. The book tells the story of a Silicon Valley dot com-era pilot who found himself at the helm of a remarkable plane with the time and means to fly it solo around the planet on the adventure of a lifetime. It features thrilling travel stories, close calls in the air and on land, and an itinerary shaped by real-world events—including the attacks of September 11th, 2001 and their effect on aviation and the world’s subsequent perception of America.