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In the essays collected here William Langewiesche considers how flying has altered not only how we move about the earth, but also how we view our world and our place in it. With vivid descriptions of the aesthetics and excitement of flight, Langewiesche also writes of the risks that go with this beauty: the perils of air traffic control, and the dangers of nervous passengers and bad weather.

Full of spare and elegant prose, Aloft is a fascinating journey into the new, profound dimension that flight has added to the human experience.



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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/25/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780141191850, 978-0141191850
      ISBN10: 0141191856

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In the essays collected here William Langewiesche considers how flying has altered not only how we move about the earth, but also how we view our world and our place in it. With vivid descriptions of the aesthetics and excitement of flight, Langewiesche also writes of the risks that go with this beauty: the perils of air traffic control, and the dangers of nervous passengers and bad weather.

      Full of spare and elegant prose, Aloft is a fascinating journey into the new, profound dimension that flight has added to the human experience.



      Trade Review
      Formidable talent ... a journalist whose cool, precise and economical reporting is harnessed to an invigorating moral and intellectual perspective * The New York Times *

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