Never land : adventures, wonder, and one world record in a very small plane / W. Scott Olsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olsen, W. Scott, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air pilots--United States--Biography.

Air pilots.

Aviation psychology.

Olsen, W. Scott, 1958-.

Olsen, W. Scott.

Olsen, W. Scott, 1958---Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

According to W. Scott Olsen, there are two reasons for flying. The first is just to get somewhere. The second has nothing to do with destination. It is this second reason, expressing our deepest curiosity and our longings for infinity, grace, and clarity, that Never Land explores. At once frankly philosophical and engagingly practical, the book combines accounts of touring in the air, the history of flight, the sensations of flying, and the technical acts and facts of navigating, piloting, lifting off, and landing.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Prologue; What Remains; The Pilot's Journal; Altitude; A Prairie Roll; Bad Form; Dreams of Flying; The Spin; The World Record; The Long Cross-Country; A Note on Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8032-6807-6

1-282-55580-4

9786612555800

0-8032-3004-4

OCLC:

609859505