Biplane

In an age where 'time is money', the majesty of flying is too often taken for granted. Bach reminds us of the joy that is to be found each time the world drops away from the wheels and the wind whistles through the wires. Owen Zupp DOWN TO EARTH: A Fighter Pilot's Experiences of Surviving Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day

This is a book full of wisdome and great ways to look at life

This is truly a delightful odyssey of flight through time and space, into unknown dimensions. Simultaneously lovely and spine tingling. An amazing portayel, Richard Bach has a way of arranging words to describe the indescribable!Arlene Millmanauthor of BOOMERANG - A MIRACLE TRILOGY

The tale of Bach's odyssey in his bi-plane will make the reader yearn for simpler times and and less complicated lives. We all spend to much time chasing things and our perspective is often distorted. Bach's eye is on the basic joys and aspirations of the human soul and he does a lovely job of it in this gem of a book. If you are a pilot, you will envy him the experiences. If you are not, you will dream of becoming one. A wonderful read awaits between the covers of this book.

This book is probably the authors earliest effort in writing about flying in its most basic environment.It is also about piloting a basic stick and rudder airplane, a biplane of 1929 vintage, across the American continent in the 1960's and the authors emergence into the "new age" inner thinking of his later books. The type of biplane he used in his story is a Parks and I have never, until recently, ever found this aircraft listed in any aviation books. However I have just aquired a magazine dated December 98 which shows a rebuild of a 1929 Parks biplane in Connecticut USA. This book made such a personal impression that it propelled me to finally learn to fly, after two earlier aborted attempts, and buy an older vintage airplane. I would love to talk to or email Richard Bach about this book and his other writings, any information on this would be appreciated.