The Air Up There : More Great Quotations on Flight - Hardcover

Dave English

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071410368 ISBN 13: 9780071410366

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003

Synopsis

Concisely capturing flying's special allure and excitement as well as its humor and tragedy, this follow-up to the author's popular Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight features 600 additional memorable thoughts on flight.

* Great gift and general interest book, perfect for museum shops
* Subjects include The Wonder of Flight, Airports, Combat, Safety, Space Flight, UFOs, Pilots, and Birds
* Includes quotations from Amelia Earhart, Wilbur Wright, and Roger Caras

About this title

From the Back Cover

From the author of Slipping the Surly Bonds!

WHAT MADE ICARUS TICK?

“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.” -- Amelia Earhart

Since the dawn of time, flight has inspired great artists, thinkers, and aviators to wax poetic. And now, with The Air Up There: More Great Quotations on Flight, you get six hundred of these memorable thoughts collected and collated for your convenience — all within the covers of a one handsome volume.

Designed to provide fingertip access for researchers — as well to accommodate the lazy page turning of recreational readers — The Air Up There divides its treasure trove of quotations into easily navigable categories. From The Wonders of Flight and Balloons to Birds and Skydiving, you’ll get insightful remarks on a complete range of aviation topics, and a quote suitable for any occasion.

Just some of the quotable flight-related areas you’ll find:
* The Wonders of Flight
* Airports
* Balloons
* Birds
* Combat
* Pilots
* Skydiving
* Space Flight
* UFOs
* Women Fly
* And much, much more!

“We are all pirates at heart. There is not one of us who hasn’t had a little larceny in his soul. And which one of us wouldn’t soar if God had thought there was merit in the idea? So, when we see one of those great widespread pirates soaring across the grain of sea winds we thrill, and we long, and, if we are honest, we curse that we must be men every day. Why not one day a bird!” -- Roger Caras, “Birds in Flight,” 1971

From the moment prehistoric man first gazed skyward, humans have been fascinated with flight. No matter if it was simply following the trajectory of a soaring bird, or fashioning flying machines to propel them toward the heavens, flight has always been at the heart of our loftiest aspirations.

Today — a century after Dayton, Ohio’s Wright Brothers conquered gravity and briefly flew above the sand in North Carolina — flight has inspired eloquence from poets, philosophers, and the pilots themselves. And with McGraw-Hill’s The Air Up There, you get six hundred of those memorable thoughts on flight to amuse, inform, and inspire you.

Compiled by Dave English, an airline pilot and aviation author, The Air Up There serves as a fitting companion to the author’s best-selling Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight. If aviation is your passion — or if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to fly like an eagle — The Air Up There will raise your spirits to new heights!

“Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.” -- Amelia Earhart, “20 Hours 40 Mins.,” 1928

About the Author

Dave English is an airline captain with an American air carrier. A resident of Milwaukee, Dave is also a contributing editor to Airways magazine and has published articles in Air Line Pilot, Airliners, Aviation Consumer, Flight Training, IFR, and Professional Pilot magazines. He is the author of McGraw-Hill’s acclaimed best-seller Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0071410368
• ISBN 13: 9780071410366
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 182