William Langewiesche
William Langewiesche
William Langewiesche is an American author and journalist who was also a professional airplane pilot for many years. Since 2006 he has been the international correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth12 June 1955
CountryUnited States of America
autumn came difficult enormous full hours months nine scale site spring winter workplace
The site roared twenty-four hours a day for nine full months and beyond. From autumn through winter and into spring the crews labored in twelve-hour shifts, got some sleep, and came back for more. The enormous scale of their workplace is difficult to convey.
sky wings mind
Mechanical wings allow us to fly, but it is with our minds that we make the sky ours
who-we-are has-beens
So much of who we are is where we have been.
airplane simple hunting
I sometimes still go out hunting for bad weather, flying low in simple airplanes to explore the inner reaches of the clouds. Less experienced pilots occasionally join me, not to learn formal lessons about weather flying, but with a more advanced purpose in mind - to accompany me in the slow accumulation of experience through circumstances that never repeat in a place that defies mastery.