It TOE HERALD July IS People on the move Glenn Norman combines love of flying writing 1Irratdiitaffrllrr There nothing Glenn Norman would rather do than soar in the sky above Glen Williams in his own the aircraft made famous by the Red Baron in World War I And If all rocs well some night In December the opening night of an original musical he has written he should have an entire fleet In the air and rival close end nulhor Richard Bach who wrote the best selling Jonathan Livingston Seagull The Idea for he musical was born three years ago when Norman and his friend Michelle a dancer were on a farm and getting Involved in all aspects of private flying with tiny air craft At first It was o be a nice minute club review he told The Herald In an in I it bad stayed like that Ac to the schedule he carried in his m he cast will be rehearsed in miJsic in October the score arranged in Sep tember while August and July II be devoted to filming the flying scenes of the musical called of course The musical he will be a vehicle for M and it was his insistence on this plus the fact ttiat potential backers wanted per cent of the profits that led the pa r raise the money themselves Michelle took a Job selling cosmetics Norman took a job photographing ch Idren and when they figured they had to stage the show quit Flyer will be a mixed midia entertainment and though it started out three years ago as a kind of history of Hying it evolved into show hopes the of flight He says nothing about the story of Flyer other than a young woman learns about fly from an old veteran of the art Norm writing career Ixgan 1X7 the jcur he harried to fly If wrote a litter It chard who then was selling stories lo jv ill on magazines Bach replied and invited him help set up an a rllne service in rgm Islands It was the first a number of adventures with but It flopped leaving Norman to work s way back is f when one the ackers absconded with the funds realized that there to flying than getting from point A to point and hoarded lis money to buy his first aircraft 1910 I for In it he took pirl in a venture of to fly two street hippies across the country in rapwing aircraft to see would Everybody was stunned by the changes he says They les in four days although that was due to bad The four craft barn storm d the continent at small towns and offering rides or three dollars Norman realized there were ways of living You d I need nine to five be Bach says At writing he says But Norman was excited about getting his own rawing I Iplane and finally one he thinks Is a Jackaroo I v wafting for Bach to eone up with an idea Nor mun says when suddenly Jonathan Livingston Seagull off So Norman put together a mile a r da tram Belleville Ontario Vineouvcr lit got nine takers who paid the entry fee The 1972 Transcontinental Air Dash In wh he came last got such tremendous response Norman says that he quit CFTOTV and dec to write full time for a living The winter of 1972 he Glenn Norman a movie camera In background Is a sculpture of a biplane practiced writing while Michelle kept them alive with dancinglnshows of 1B73 however he broke the market In aviation magazines with the invention of a fictional character he named Harrison Henry Cagle Then things started taking off Bach called to ask him to be in movie Nothing Chance turned him down because it meant getting a flying licence and he feared losing of the little guy The same week the manufacturers of cigarettes him to pilot a Gypsy moth biplane as a promotion and upon learning of his ence putting toget her the air dash the year before offered let him be in had only two months organ lie it aircraft took off and got mass vc coverage he By time the fleet was underway Bach colled back to say he had rewritten Ihe script Norman hopped a jet to the American midwest and shortly after bis scenes were shot returned to Moose Jaw Saskatchewan to rescue his own aircraft which was losing its engine He lost the third engine aver Sydney Nova Scotia while he had as a passenger a vice president of Canadian Pacific Hotels Pieces of the engine started flying off and Norman vowed there and then not to fly it anymore if it landed safely on the ground The engine quit completely on the last thousand feet and he glided it down Soon after because he was more interested In promoting flying and safety tie and Belvedere came to a parting of the ways Norman decided to buy a hang glider but the flights were 1 ml led to about seconds with a minute climb back up the hill It not good unless you live In C However he became obsessed with the Scar borough Bluffs and one day when the wind was right made Ihe jump A CITY Television reporter who was jogging on Ihe beach saw flight and persuaded him to jump four more times for the cameras wh resulted in feature Tho incredible of Bluffs Norman then moved to a farm near Eden Mills where clevis on actor Paul Soles another antique aircraft buff had put In an airstrip For two years Ihe group livfng there la ght ihcm selves aerobatics cleaned and overhauled the aircraft and coached people in the art of flying and it was there that the idea for the musical was bom Come what may in December when Flyer opens Norman will at least have proved to himself lhal getting there is half the Tun But the icing on the cake will be a loop- in a over Glen Williams CARTAGENA La Id pa Monastery Columbia South America Interested In truly dif vacation destination re ready or Cartagena Cartagena the walled city J of the Spanish conquistadors last defence of the treasure from the South I American Interior now yields treasures of quite a different sort to the traveller n of a unique vacation experience Cartagena la one of the ties cities In the Western Founded in a Creature storehouse he gold and emeralds of conquered Indian empire rtagena long history Is irked by battles sieges pirate raids Not yet a crowded tourist Mecca C could well I be your vacation discovery English is spoken In the most popular areas of the city but a Spanish English dictionary might be handy for the more adventurous The old town maintains the sense of a lime past wllhltsoriglnalnarrow twisting streets where history resides In every building The fortifications now invite the visitor curiosity a privilege not granted the likes of Francis Drake who attacked tile town in Much of Cartagena tradition Is reflected In its pride and their respect far her past And you can now share this rich heritage the walls of the old own and look out over the harbour from the massive fortress of San just as Spanish soldiers did centuries before Visit Palace of the Inquisition built in and now a museum Or the church St Pedro Claver founded in Or the Convent built high on a lofty promontory In still commanding a sweeping 360 degree view of Ihe city and bay A pirates eye view of Cartagena is available to those who laLe a boat trip the harbour where the cannon studded walls of fortifications stand a passive reminder of Car togona colourful 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crowded resort areas Bui It s a pace has its own enchantment The hotels offer night clubs a casino and discos featuring the Infectious Latin American beat for relaxation at a slower clip there are the horse drawn carriages to take you through town In the manner enjoyed by Cartagena nineteenth Spanish residents Happily situated overlooking the warm Caribbean the old walled city of has been awaiting your pleasure whatever your pleasure for over years Holidays by Wardair CARTAGENA Colombia South America HOTEL CAPILLA HOTEL NAME CAPILLA DEL MAR HOTEL NIGHTS MEAL PLAN Full Breakfast DEPARTURE DATES Nov Nov 19 Dec 3 Dec 489 PncwPei Person occupancy TYLER TRAVEL Have Dreams Of Traveling Stop unit go Well make all arrangements tickets passports nervations you just plan to yourself abroad BARBER A HENLEY Main St 8772214 f AM TO PM