The musical is inspired by the early history of aviation, interweaving the lives of the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and her publisher George Putnam, along with such sundry luminaries as Otto Lilienthal, the German "Glider King"; Commander Richard Byrd; French flying aces Nungesser and Coli, and various others.

The cast featured Jenn Colella (Amelia Earhart), Michael Cumpsty (George Putnam), Claybourne Elder (Charles Lindbergh) and Benjamin Schrader (Orville Wright).

The cast included Madison Wenig (Amelia Earhart), Michael Stafford (George Putnam), Davis Parks (Wilbur Wright), Griffin Welti (Orville Wright), Owen Trawick (Charles Lindbergh), Will Sobel (Otto Lilienthal), Kate Bevilacqua (Amy Phipps), Eve Cohen (Anne Morrow), along with Oliver Whitehouse, Ainsley Nelson, Ava Chrusciel, Keenan Lyons, Diego Rodriguez, Nate Bergman, and Ainsley Gilbert, playing various characters in the ensemble.

"[9] In his review for The New York Times of the McCarter production, Charles Isherwood wrote :"...while you can admire the craft and care taken to forge a rare theme-driven musical along the lines of groundbreaking works like “Assassins” (one of Mr. Weidman's collaborations with Stephen Sondheim), the resulting show remains amiable but superficial and stubbornly unexciting, too much like a singing children's history book.

"[10] Steven Suskin reviewed the London Cast recording: "The score, as represented on the CD, works; I found myself hanging onto every word, in fact.... Shire contributes an effective eight-piece orchestration as well, under the direction of Caroline Humphris...