the Boy Who Dreamed of Flying: John W. Kiker Story From Model Airplanes to Space Shuttle

When John Kiker was a boy in North Carolina, he didn'tjust play with toys-he was an explorer of how things flew.While others saw a hobby, John saw a future. His teachersthought he was obsessed, but that childhood passion wouldeventually save NASA tens of millions of dollars.From training WWII pilots to designing the parachutes thatbrought Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astronauts safelyhome, John's career was a series of "impossible" challenges.But his greatest triumph came from the very thing he lovedas a grade-schooler: model airplanes.Discover the inspiring true story of how one engineer used aradio-controlled model to prove that a giant 747 could carrythe Space Shuttle on its back. This is more than a biogra-phy-it's a reminder that no dream is too small, and no ideais too "crazy" if you have the persistence to see it through.