Richard Bach injured in plane crash

[Dan Johnson II]

Didn't notice if this was mentioned elsewhere. Sorry if it's a repeat.

Saw this in our local paper. Love his books and their aviation connection

http://www.startribune.com/nation/168265096.html

[The Inspector]

Wow! almost in my backyard, There's a private grass strip about 3 miles West of Friday Harbor airport on Lopez Island next to Zyistra Lake (the island is also home to some guitar hack named Steve Miller and a guy who had a LOT of power in 60's rock-n-roll, Pat O'Day who started something called 'Concerts West' which became 'Ticket Bastards..er...Masters' ).

I enjoyed 'Messiah' & 'Stranger to the Ground' but JLS was a bit too 'squishy' for my tastes.

[JohnB]

I met him many years ago when he was still rich from JLS.
I since read that he got divorced, went broke, remarried and had more bestsellers about methphysics and romance. He got divorced again, then he wrote well-selling books about aircraft flying ferrets...which I haven't read.

He invited me to the premiere of Nothing By Chance...a nice film about modern day Barnstorming (and based on the bok) that he wrote and appeared in.
Seemed like a nice guy. At a fly-in last year I met one of the guys who flew with hin in the book Nothing by Chance.

Best wishes for a full recovery.

[Steve Nelson]

Thoughts and Prayers..

Although his later stuff got a bit too new-agey for my tastes, "Illusions" is still one of my all-time favorite books (I read it long before JLS.) A co-worker gave me a copy back in the early 80s, saying "you might like this..it's got airplanes in it."

Of course the book has one glaring inaccuracy: the title character is said to have been born in "the mystical hills east of Fort Wayne" (Indiana.) I've driven through that region countless times and can tell you it's flat as a pancake.

Get well soon, Richard!

SN

[51fixer]

He has had several Warbirds in the past.
P-51 now known as This Is It and a T-33.
Best wishes for a full recovery.

[Jerry O'Neill]

I hope he heals well. I just re-read "Biplane" last summer.

[fritzthefox]

One of the first books I ever read about aviation was written by him. A truly inspiring soul. I hope he keeps flying.

[spartakle]

If I'm not mistaken Richard Bach wrote about crashing his P-51, I think it was a take-off accident.
Once I landed at Friday Harbor in a C-172 and the front wheel developed this crazy shimmey and the ELT went off on the roll out. I think it was my mistake for not applying adequate backpressure... I was a novice and feeling the stress of landing on a runway the width of a road.

[Tinker51]

Thoughts go out for a speedy and full recovery.

Interesting that I picked up my copies of Biplane and Illusions to re-read just last week.

[Sopwith]

Thoughts and Prayers..

Although his later stuff got a bit too new-agey for my tastes, "Illusions" is still one of my all-time favorite books (I read it long before JLS.) A co-worker gave me a copy back in the early 80s, saying "you might like this..it's got airplanes in it."

Of course the book has one glaring inaccuracy: the title character is said to have been born in "the mystical hills east of Fort Wayne" (Indiana.) I've driven through that region countless times and can tell you it's flat as a pancake.

Get well soon, Richard!

SN

That's about how I came to read "Illusions",a friend lent me his copy and said he thought I'd enjoy it.He was right,loved the book and I've read most of his other stuff since.Hope he recovers quickly.

[The Inspector]

9/8/12 Harborview Hospital in Seattle reports in a press release in the newspaper that Mr. Bach remains in serious condition and is still hospitalized with head injuries and as broken collarbone.

[muddyboots]

“Like everything else, Fletcher. Practice.”

[DC3R4DC47]

I read Biplane,Nothing By Chance, and Stranger to the Ground annually, he is one of my favorite authors,so sorry to hear about the accident, God bless and heal him.

[Stephan Wilkinson]

My friend Kas Thomas, the one-time aviation writer, tells me Dick is out of the ICU, at least.

[JohnB]

My friend Kas Thomas, the one-time aviation writer, tells me Dick is out of the ICU, at least.

Good news, I didn't realize it was that serious.