Through a collection of vignettes, Dr. Justis tells the story of his tentative steps into his professional career as an orthopaedic and hand surgeon and of his blue collar life of woodworking, construction, and flying. From a flight to Cuba in a single-engine Luscombe before Castro's coup and a successful flight to Europe in a light twin to a crash in Greenland, Dr. Justis' love of airplanes and flying comes through as an adventure in living.