Once a remarkable feat of human ingenuity, airplane flight has been relegated to the realm of the mundane. In this mesmerizing reflection on flying, Mark Vanhoenacker—a 747 pilot who left academia and a career in the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flying—helps us to reimagine what pilots and passengers are actually doing when we enter the world above mountains, oceans, and deserts.
"Gorgeous and captivating…. [This book] artfully demystifies the fascinating technical aspects of commercial flight while delivering poetic insights straight from the cockpit."—San Francisco Chronicle