[2] The film was directed by Bill Mason, and his fellow filmmaker Blake James, who pilots his own aircraft and lives by a unique code.

[4][Note 1] In autumn 1969, artist and filmmaker Blake James is getting restless, and seeks to escape from his boring job at an advertising agency in Montreal.

Feeling a restlessness, Blake begins to gather the materials for a long cross-country flight out of the jumble of items piled up in his cabin.

[Note 2] Instead of getting into trouble, his impromptu landing brings out all the pilots and air traffic control personnel to see the unique biplane.

When he loses his map, after a vain attempt to retrieve it, he follows train tracks to a farm, where he lands and beds down for the night under the wings of his aircraft.

It was discovered that James had been forced to land on an island in the St. Lawrence River after forgetting to switch on his main fuel tank.