Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker

Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker

A New York Times Notable Book * "An elegant, nonlinear reflection on how flying on a commercial airliner--even while painfully folded into a seat in coach--can lift the soul." --The New York Times Book Review

In the twenty-first century, airplane flight--once a remarkable feat of human ingenuity--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 we--as pilots and as passengers--are actually doing when we enter the world between departure and discovery.

In a seamless fusion of history, politics, geography, meteorology, ecology, family, and physics, Vanhoenacker vaults across geographical and cultural boundaries; above mountains, oceans, and deserts; through snow, wind, and rain, renewing a simultaneously humbling and almost superhuman activity and reawakening our capacity to be amazed.

MARK VANHOENACKER (b.1974) is a dual citizen of Belgium and the United States. A graduate of Amherst College, he took an M.Phil. in History at the University of Cambridge. Mark worked as a management consultant, a position that afforded him regular opportunities to stare out of airplane windows and recall childhood dreams of becoming a pilot. In 2001, Mark began his flight training. He operated his first commercial flight in 2003, from London to Glasgow, though sadly he was not permitted to tell the passengers it was his first day on the job. He currently flies Boeing 747s to nearly every major city in the world. Mark is a regular contributor to the New York Times and a columnist for Slate. When not in the air, Mark is based in New York City.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780804169714
ISBN 10	0804169713
Title	Skyfaring
Author	Mark Vanhoenacker
Series	Vintage Departures
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2016-05-03
Number of pages	368
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.