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Skyfaring
- Narrated by: John Moraitis
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
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In Skyfaring, airline pilot and flight romantic Mark Vanhoenacker shares his irrepressible love of flying on a journey from day to night, from new ways of mapmaking and the poetry of physics to the names of winds and the nature of clouds. Here, anew, is the simple wonder and transcendent joy of motion and the remarkable new perspectives that height and distance bestow on everything we love.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-01-21
An amazing & interesting book
A very enjoyable book, even for pilots! The technical details are perfectly representing the reality. All I can say is Thank You! Loved it
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- Jake Castle
- 20-02-22
For pilots
I read this book but hearing mark resd the words to me made the miles as I was driving just fade away.
such a brilliant book
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- Iain S. Palin
- 31-05-21
Bryson of the Air?
Listening, I was strongly reminded of one of Bill Bryson'sc books. The same mixture of the personal and the informative, gently delivered in a way that keeps your attention and paints a vivid picture. The voice of the (excellent) narrator contributed to this. If Bryson had been an airline pilot and wanted to share his life, his love for the air, the details of his craft, and what I can only call his philosophy of world travel, this would be the book. And all this, I hasten to say, is a compliment.
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- Former Amazonfan
- 10-01-20
A beautiful, evocative monologue!
For anyone who regards airliners as not merely buses with wings, this delightful audiobook is beautifully narrated and full of amazing facts and wonderfully perceptive observations.
A great narrative on modern aviation, it is also delightful poetry in prose. A real joy to listen to, it is one audiobook I will listen to again and again.
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- Amazon Kunde
- 05-05-17
Made me understand more of my love for aviation
I loved the authors articulation of the marvel of flying and aviation. He offers an amazing perspective from the other side, that of the the aircrews and their relationship with flying. Mark's love affair with flying has made me understand a lot of what I felt and experienced whenever I flew as a passenger but was unable to articulate into ideas and concepts which make me marvel the spectacle of aviation Everytime a plane leaves the ground or lands back on it. Must read for aviation enthusiasts and also those who are not there quite yet.
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- RocketeerX5
- 02-12-19
Aeronautical philosophical prose.
The audio book runs form technically interesting throufgh a pilots experiences then meanders into seemingly unending poetic prose about flying.
They did well to make 12 hours of audio. I stuck with it for 7 hours over a number of audio sessions, but lost interest. Shame I couldn't see it through to the end. I think the narrator began to lose the will to continue after the 6th hour.
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- Aerodatic
- 05-09-15
Perfect
Inspiring thoughts of aviation and airline pilots lifestyle from an interesting perspective. .. ... ..
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- Ghazi
- 08-09-19
elegant
elegant is how best i can discribe this book, how it flows, how it is writtin, and how it was read...
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- Jamie L
- 11-10-20
Terrible narrator
Dreadful narrator - ruined a wonderful book. A real shame. Painful to listen to. Sounded like AI.
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- M
- 26-05-15
Excellent read
very emotive and enlightening , has definitely rekindled my love of flight and planes .
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