{"product_id":"inside-the-sky-a-meditation-on-flight-9780679750079","title":"Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight","description":"William Langewiesche's life has been deeply intertwined with the idea and act of flying. Fifty years ago his father, a test pilot, wrote \u003cb\u003eStick and Rudder\u003c\/b\u003e, a text still considered by many to be the bible of aerial navigation. Langewiesche himself learned to fly while still a child. Now he shares his pilot's-eye view of flight with those of us who take flight for granted--exploring the inner world of a sky that remains as exotic and revealing as the most foreign destination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLangewiesche tells us how flight happens--what the pilot sees, thinks, and feels. His description is not merely about speed and conquest. It takes the form of a deliberate climb, leading at low altitude first over a new view of a home, and then higher, into the solitude of the cockpit, through violent storms and ocean nights, and on to unexpected places in the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Langewiesche's hands it becomes clear, at the close of this first century of flight, how profoundly our vision has been altered by our liberation from the ground. And we understand how, when we look around, we may find ourselves reflected in the grace and turbulence of a human sky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Langewiesche is a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. A professional pilot for many years, he is the author of \u003cb\u003eCutting for Sign\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSahara Unveiled\u003c\/b\u003e (both available from Vintage Books). He lives in California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415078895890,"sku":"9780679750079","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4bf66be4-b446-4bc4-a41e-f28e56ddde9e.jpg?v=1751128827","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inside-the-sky-a-meditation-on-flight-9780679750079","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}