Barnstormer \Barn"storm`er\, n. [Barn + storm, v.] 1. An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. -- {Barn"storm`ing}, n. [Theatrical Cant]
2. an aviator who flies an airplane from place to place, usually at small airports, doing flying stunts or flying passengers for sightseeing, for the purpose of earning money. It was a practise common in the early days of aviation, but by late 20th century was seldom encountered. [PJC]
Barnstorming the countryside in an unreliable Volkswagen bus, Mr. Cardenas had the sort of helter-skelter intensity that Americans have seen in Jesse Jackson's presidential bid.