AERONAUTICS: Brunswick to Brazil

Brunswick to Brazil

A boy who wanted to be a musician disappeared in the wilds of sea and mountains between Brunswick, Ga., and Rio de Janeiro. In his youth in Rochester, Paul Redfern studied music, dreaming of one day becoming a great figure in the world of opera & orchestra. At the threshold of his career he failed to obtain an expected orchestra engagement and turned from flutes to flying ships. After a curious itinerant career as a stunt flyer; advertising flyer; flying scout for the Prohibition service; small airport proprietor; he sought...

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