Publisher's Synopsis
Since the pioneers took their first tentative steps into the air in the 1970s, pilots have enjoyed a golden age of free flying. Face in the breeze, arms outstretched, following the birds and soaring high up to the clouds… for fifty years we've chased and achieved man's oldest dream. In this collection of fifty short stories, the sport's best writers describe the highs and lows in free flying. Whether crossing the Himalaya or Rockies, being sucked to 20,000 ft inside a cumulonimbus or trying to stay sane at work while cumulus clouds pop overhead, the stories convey the joys and challenges involved. Of course, flying is not without risk, and the writers are unflinching in their candour and honesty about the darker sides of flying, too.
