Results for "Vanhoenacker, Mark"

This love letter to the cities of the world—from the airline pilot–author of Skyfaring—is "a journey around both the author's mind and the planet's great cities that leaves us energized, open to new experiences and ready to return more hopefully to our lives" (Alain de Botton... Read More about Imagine a City: A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World

Take a seat—the captain’s seat, that is—and relax. You’re about to land a Boeing 747. The mystery of flight is magical; the reality, still more so—from the physics that keeps a 450-ton vehicle aloft, to the symphony of technology and teamwork that safely sets it down again. Take it from Mark Vanhoen... Read More about How to Land a Plane

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 ReviewIn the twenty-first century, airplane flight—once a remarkable feat of human ingenuity—has... Read More about Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot (Vintage Departures)

A poetic and nuanced exploration of the human experience of flight that reminds us of the full imaginative weight of our most ordinary journeys—and reawakens our capacity to be amazed.  The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight—a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity—to the realm... Read More about Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot