Aviation / General, Aviation / History, General, Aviation / Piloting & Flight Instruction
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Transportation, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Richard Bach
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-041619
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
629.13/092 B
Edition Description
Special
Synopsis
Here for the first time in a single volume are three of Richard Bach's most compelling works about flight. From his edgy days as a USAF Alert pilot above Europe in an armed F84-F Thunderstreak during the Cold War to a meander across America in a 1929 biplane, Bach explores the extreme edges of the air, his airplane, and himself in glorious writing about how it feels to climb into a machine, leave the earth, and fly. Only a handful of writers have translated their experiences in the cockpit into books that have mesmerized generations.