Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot

Louis C.K. aside, most travelers these days seem to have forgotten the romance of flight. But not Mark Vanhoenacker. A commercial 747 pilot (who chose his previous career, management consulting, mainly because it required a lot of flying), Vanhoenacker steps into the cockpit each time with a sense of wonder, and in Skyfaring he makes you feel it too, as he shares the odd tradecraft of piloting and reminds you what a technological marvel a modern jet is. Skyfaring is gorgeously written and endlessly interesting, and I guarantee that the first time you fly after reading it you'll look out of your window, and peek into the cockpit, with fresh and fascinated eyes.