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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.,
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,
By A Customer
This review is from: Biplane (Paperback)
If you read Illusions or one of Richard Bach's later booksfirst, 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,
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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.
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