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Index
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Author’s Notes and Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Painter’s Brush
1. Plane Truth: Things about Wings and Why Knots
The Airplane in Art, Music, and Film
2. Elements of Unease: Turbulence, Windshear, Weather, and Worry
High Art: History, Hype, and the World’s Biggest Planes
What Plane Is That? An Airfleets Primer
Revere Reverie: A Hometown Memoir
3. What Goes Up…: Takeoffs, Landings, and the Mysterious Between
What’s the Matter with Airports?
4. Flying for a Living: The Awe and Odd of a Life Aloft
The Right Seat: Propellers, Polyester, and Other Memories
Accommodations: On the Road with Patrick Smith
5. En Route: Life in the Cabin
North Latitude: Fear and Loathing on the High Atlantic
Looking Out: Memorable Views from Aloft
6. …Must Come Down: Disasters, Mishaps, and Fatuous Flights of Fancy
Terminal Madness: What Is Airport Security?
The Ten Deadliest Air Disasters of All Time
We Gaan: The Horror and Absurdity of History’s Worst Plane Crash
7. The Airlines We Love to Hate
The Yin and Yang of Airline Identity
How to Speak Airline: A Glossary for Travelers
About the Author
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