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About the Book

What would YOU do with a multi million-dollar plane and time on your hands?

Join the adventures of a Silicon Valley salaryman whose good fortune put him in the pilot’s seat of a high-tech Beech Starship, one of a dwindling number in the world. He set out on what many only dream of: slowly meandering around the planet with no fixed route, and no fixed return date.

Discover new countries and cultures. Find out how the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 changed aviation and the world’s perception of America. And learn about the science, art and challenges of flying a high tech business jet-class plane around the world.

Vicariously share round-the-world adventures in this delicious flight of fancy — a travelogue that incorporates superb musings on the beauty of flight and the mystery of the world around us. The science of flight is explained in 150+ technical footnotes and the route of travel is detailed on 38 maps. A standout contribution to aviation and travel literature.

Published by 11010011, California. Copyright © 2004 by Dallas Kachan. Beechcraft, Starship and the Starship image are properties of Raytheon Aircraft Corporation and are used here by permission. Other trade names referenced are properties of their respective holders. Other copyrighted works referenced by brief quotations are the property of their respective holders. All rights, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof, are reserved under international and pan-American copyright conventions. This book is a work of fiction that references real-world places, people and events. ISBN 0-7795-0074-1. Printed in Canada.

An outstanding plane

At the heart of The Starship Diaries is the Beechcraft Starship – a radical new design in corporate aviation. Only fifty-three of these beautiful machines were produced. For a variety of unfortunate reasons, only a handful are still flying.

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Perfect for aviation buffs, or anyone who loves to wander.

A great travel adventure even for those without an aviation background.

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Career and biography

Dallas Kachan has served as vice president of sales and marketing for several high tech startups. He helped popularize renewable energy and other clean technology worldwide as one of the managing directors of the Cleantech Group, based in San Francisco. Prior to his technology career, Kachan had been a reporter, editor and newscaster for the Canadian Press in Toronto, Canada.

Kachan has a B.A.A. from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and lives in and flies out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s been flying since 1994—and had been an avid flight simulation enthusiast long before that.

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