Both are in the business of providing short rides—for a few dollars each—in vintage biplanes to passengers from farmers' fields they find during their travels.

Donald initially captures Richard's attention when a grandfather and granddaughter pair arrive at the makeshift airstrip.

The reason for this, as Shimoda explains to Richard, is that the book will open to the page on which the reader may find guidance or the answers to doubts and questions in his mind.

[1] An adaptation of Illusions was serialized in the comic strip Best Sellers Showcase running June 19 through July 30, 1978.

In 2014, Bach published Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student after surviving a serious plane crash.