Skyfaring – Mark Vanhoenacker
Most of us experience air travel as a hassle of security lines, cramped seats and delays. But for Mark Vanhoenacker, a pilot who flies the Boeing 747 on long-haul routes for a major airline, flight remains a source of wonder. In Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot, he invites readers to see flying through his eyes.
Vanhoenacker, who worked as a management consultant before fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming a pilot, describes the experience of crossing continents and oceans at the controls of a great airliner. He reflects on the beauty of the views from the cockpit, from sunrises over the Arctic to the lights of cities at night, and on the strange experience of moving rapidly across time zones and cultures, which he calls place lag.
The book explores the science and craft of flight, explaining in accessible language how airplanes navigate, how pilots read the weather and the winds, how air and water shape the journey, and how the global network of airports and air traffic control works. He also considers the human side of aviation, including the crews he works with, the passengers he carries and the way flight has changed how we think about distance and home.
Written in lyrical, thoughtful prose, the book is part memoir, part meditation and part celebration of a technology that many of us take for granted.
Beautiful and illuminating, Skyfaring is a delightful read for travelers, aviation enthusiasts, nervous flyers and anyone who has ever gazed out of an airplane window and wondered about the world below.
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