Top 7 Quotes by William Langewiesche

I ask people who don't fly, How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can fly?

I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can fly?"

William Langewiesche

People, Flying, Aviation

So much of who we are is where we have been.

William Langewiesche

Who We Are, Has Beens

William Langewiesche (2011). “Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert”, p.46, Vintage

Mechanical wings allow us to fly, but it is with our minds that we make the sky ours

William Langewiesche

Sky, Wings, Mind

William Langewiesche (1998). “Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight”, Pantheon

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.

William Langewiesche

Airplane, Simple, Hunting

William Langewiesche (1998). “Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight”, Pantheon