{"product_id":"skyfaring-a-journey-with-a-pilot-vintage-departures-0804169713","title":"Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot (Vintage Departures)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0804169713\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vanhoenacker, Mark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52194028978464,"sku":"NEW0804169713","price":21.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61Lg6-LBkZL.jpg?v=1786898593","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/skyfaring-a-journey-with-a-pilot-vintage-departures-0804169713","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}