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Encounter with Powerlines Injures Noted Author

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The pilot of a small plane that crashed Friday on San Juan Island has been identified as author Richard D. Bach, who wrote the runaway best-seller "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" and other books. Bach, 76, is listed in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was airlifted after the crash. (www.komonews.com) Mehr...

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OldGeezer
Thomas Jacobson 1
Coverage from another local TV station: http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-jonathan-livingston-seagull-author-richard-bach-in-critical-condition-after-plane-crash-20120901,0,2038288.story
krahmerica
krahmerica 1
Richard Bach's books "Biplane" and "Nothing By Chance" were instrumental in inspiring me to learn to fly in high school. Never got too into the Seagull stuff but the rest was great. Godspeed, Richard.
krahmerica
krahmerica 0
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Richard Bach: ‘Seagull’ author improving after Wash. plane crash

Richard Bach, who was flying alone, suffered a head injury and broken shoulder after his single-engine amphibian aircraft clipped power lines

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/2/richard-bach-seagull-author-injured-wash-plane-cra/
BajaFlyerDave
David Stein 0
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'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' author crashes plane

SEATTLE — Richard Bach, the author of the 1970s best-selling novella "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" among other spiritually oriented writings, was in serious condition Saturday after his small plane crashed in Washington state.

His son James Bach told The Associated Press his father was on his way to visit a friend on San Juan Island on Friday when his amphibian plane clipped a power line during landing, and crashed.



Are there more GA Incedents this summer or am i just paying more attention this year?

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Author-Richard-Bach-injured-in-Wash-plane-crash-3833523.php

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