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 600 of these memorable thoughts collected and collated for your convenience — all within the covers of one handsome volume.

Designed to provide fingertip access for researchers — as well as to accommodate the lazy page turning of recreational readers — The Air Up There divides its treasure 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.

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.

Compiled by Dave English, an airline pilot and aviation author, The Air Up There serves as a fitting companion to the author's bestselling 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!

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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 bestseller Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight

Copyright 2003, 180 pages, hard cover, indexed