Skyfaring
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 of the mundane Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who left academia and a career in the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to reimagine what we both 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 that affords us unparalleled perspectives on the planet we inhabit and the communities we form. Best Read [ Skyfaring ] By [ Mark Vanhoenacker ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book fails, but only just, on every single element It s really sad There were so many ways it could have succeeded and been a fabulously interesting book, but instead, the author just holds back.He doesn t hold back in his writing, this is the exception And it s a shame He attempts a poetic, almost visionary kind of prose If you have something somewhat metaphysical to say, it will come through without it being hammered home with a label that says, Spiritual Writing of a Beautiful Expe This book fails, but only just, on every single element It s really sad There were so many ways it could have succeeded and been a fabulously interesting book, but instead, the author just holds back.He doesn t hold back in his writing, this is the exception And it s a shame He attempts a poetic, almost visionary kind of prose If you have something somewhat metaphysical to say, it will come through without it being hammered home with a label that says, Spiritual Writing of a Beautiful Experience Some people like this though.The author tries to tell us of how his experience is with flying, how it feels to be free and in the skies in a giant bird flying at hundreds of miles an hour and I am go...I used to be deathly afraid of flying Once on a flight from Dallas to Amarillo, the pilot left the cockpit and leaned over my seat to look at the wings He said there was a problem with the hydraulics system and that we may have trouble landing We buzzed the control tower to make sure our landing gear was engaged and couldn t help notice the fire trucks and ambulances lined up on the runway Even the news trucks had time to get there After about an hour of terror, circling the sky unsure if w I used to be deathly afraid of flying Once on a flight from Dallas to Amarillo, the pilot left the cockpit and leaned over my seat to look at the wings He said there was a problem with the hydraulics system and that we may have trouble landing We buzzed the control tower to make sure our landing gear was engaged and couldn t help notice the fire trucks and ambulances lined up on the runway Even the news trucks had time to get there After about an hour of terror, circling the sky unsure if we had our wheels locked down, we landed uneventfully Another time, I was on the last flight out before a massive thu...For this review, I am posting almost exactly what I emailed to the author, for the book was an exact fit for me to read it matched my interests With this book you have gripped my soul Despite current efforts by government to ensure my safety with discomfort and airlines to squeeze me into a small seat and keep me locked there for hours, I still love to fly Transportation is my heritage.A grandfather worked for and developed a brake for the B O Railroad My father was a sea captain who For this review, I am posting almost exactly what I emailed to the author, for the book was an exact fit for me to read it matched my interests With this book you have gripped my soul Despite current efforts by government to ensure my safety with discom...Every once a while it s good to read a non fiction book At times it shows us the world as it is rather than adding a spoon of fiction and cover it with a story Every life around us is a story There is a story in each one of us, waiting to be told and waiting to be heard.I was browsing through The New York Times book reviews section when a particular book about flying and pilots caught my attention There have been so many books about pilots and their love for flying then what makes this book Every once a while it s good to read a non fiction book At times it shows us the world as it is rather than adding a spoon of fiction and cover it with a story Every life around us is a story There is a story in each one of us, waiting to be told and waitin...A successful bookI always wondered what it would be like to live that life, with its outrageous geographical shifts and big machines instead of my life of one drug store and elegant sail planes I think I have an inkling thanks to this interesting subjects and elegant prose Thanks for the good read.This is an extraordinary book basically a 30 something British Airways 747 First Officer sharing his love of flying It covers some of the science of flight, the geography, the emotional aspects of living an international life which is normal for all long haul pilots, and much of the author s response to what he sees from the air land, sea, clouds, snow, man made stuff It also covers some personal background family, career choices, first impressions of airports and planes On business a This is an extraordinary book basically a 30 something British Airways 747 First Officer sharing his love of flying It covers some of the science of flight, the geography, the emotional aspects of living an international life which is normal for all long haul pilots, and much of the author s respo...This book was a lovely meditation on flight and travel, written by a pilot who experiences these phenomena differently from most other people Mark Vanhoenacker is clearly a well read, thoughtful person with an ear for the poetic He also included lots of interesting technical information about air travel that I am glad to know.Why only two stars then Frankly, I think only a person who shares the same level of passion as Mr Vanhoenacker for the skies will find herself fully absorbed in the boo This book was a lovely meditation on flight and travel, written by a pilot who experiences these phenomena differently from most other people Mark Vanhoenacker is clearly a well read, thoughtful person with an ear for the poetic He also included lots of interesting technical information about air travel that I am glad to know.Why only two stars then Frankly, I think only a person who shares the same level of passion as Mr Vanhoenacker for the skies will find herself fully absorbed in the book There was no narrative per se, no story to catch me up and make me lose track of time The indiv...I ve always loved flying, but after reading this soaring work, I know muchabout why I love to fly The unexamined life is not worth living, according to Socrates, and in this narrative, a pilot s sense of appreciation and wonder are steeped with the same awe as a philosopher s poetry This is transcendent stuff reflections ranging from the wonders of mechanical tuning to the puzzling beauty of sand crossing continents on the shoes of travelers, lessons in history and art from a master c I ve always loved...Famous American writer and cartoonist, Theodor Seuss Geisel once saidYou know you re in love when you can t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams When I read Skyfaring The Journey with a Pilot, I saw a man who set forth to accomplish his dream of flying despite the hurdles In his late twenties, he started flight training, leaving his several years long career as a management consultant The story of Mark Vanhoenacker is an inspiration for anybody who ...I love to travel and I have a daughter who lives on another Continent to me, so I fly frequently However, for some reason that I ve not quite worked out, flying scares me witless The day before the flight my stomach starts its familiar sensation of knots and twists, and as we drive to the airport I feel nervous and fearful.Once on the plane I do actually feel a little better, although I have hinted to my husband that I d probably feel a whole load better if we were in Business Class But he I love to travel and I have a daughter who lives on another Continent to me, so I fly frequently However, for some reason that I ve not quite worked out, flying scares me witless The day before the flight my stomach starts its familiar sensation of knots and twists, and as we drive to the airport I feel nervous and fearful.Once on the plane I do actually feel a little better, although I have hinted to my husband that I d probably feel a whole load better if we were in Business Class But h...
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- 18 November 2018 Mark Vanhoenacker
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- Mark Vanhoenacker
- Skyfaring