People, Jul. 23, 1973

"We're almost in the business of flying rainbows over crushed emeralds," said Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Bach had been flying a 1929 Travel Air 4000 over Pecatonica, Ill. for a documentary being made from his book Nothing by Chance (1969) about barnstorming in the '20s and '30s. The film version of Jonathan takes off next fall.

In spite of his wife's occasional remonstrances, Veteran Actor Sir Ralph Richardson, 70, rides a motorcycle daily when he can. "I had my first motorcycle at 16 and am unable to say when I'll have...

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