Biplane [Hardcover]

Richard Bach (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1983

Finding Ourselves is Like Flying An Ancient Biplane Coast To Coast: There Are Storms Ahead, But Oonce We've Started, It's Too Late To turn Back.



To discover that time is not a straight line aimed toward infinity, Richard Bach undertook a magnificent journey. Biplane is the story of  that solo flight into the American skies -- a flight that became a personal quest to discover everything that lies beyond the ordinary.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Finding Ourselves is Like Flying An Ancient Biplane Coast To Coast: There Are Storms Ahead, But Oonce We've Started, It's Too Late To turn Back.

To discover that time is not a straight line aimed toward infinity, Richard Bach undertook a magnificent journey. Biplane is the story of that solo flight into the American skies -- a flight that became a personal quest to discover everything that lies beyond the ordinary. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Inside Flap

Finding Ourselves is Like Flying An Ancient Biplane Coast To Coast: There Are Storms Ahead, But Oonce We've Started, It's Too Late To turn Back.



To discover that time is not a straight line aimed toward infinity, Richard Bach undertook a magnificent journey. Biplane is the story of  that solo flight into the American skies -- a flight that became a personal quest to discover everything that lies beyond the ordinary. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc; First Thus edition (October 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0025046705
• ISBN-13: 978-0025046702
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A former USAF pilot, gypsy barnstormer and airplane mechanic, Richard Bach is the author of more than three books.
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Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a beautiful book about basic flying and a basic aircraft., December 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Biplane (Paperback)

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.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This early book shows a lot of pilot and a little philosophy, May 25, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Biplane (Paperback)

If you read Illusions or one of Richard Bach's later books
first, as I did, you will find this to be quite a different
read. This story of trading a modern plane for a WWI
biplane and then flying it across the country was written
by a pilot for an audience of pilots. His way of looking at
the world comes through, even though it seems he was trying
to write a book for persons who like biplanes. If you liked
one of his later books and just want to read every sentece
he wrote (as I did after Illusions) this is not such a bad
read. If you also like biplanes, you got it made!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely flight, December 27, 1999

By 

John R. Linnell (New Gloucester, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biplane (Paperback)

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.