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The World Aloft
Discusses aerial navigation, weather, the evolution of aircraft, air traffic control, sound, rainbows, and the Earth's magnetic fields
Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1983
About the author
Guy Murchie
22 books29 followersGuy Murchie (Jr.) son of Ethel A. and Guy Murchie (Sr) was a Chicago Tribune photographer, staff artist and reporter, who had served as a war correspondent in England and Iceland from 1940 to 1942. He was briefly married to Barbara Cooney.
He was a flight instructor and a practising member of the Bahá'í Faith. His books included Men on the Horizon (1932), Song of the Sky (1954), Music of the Spheres (1961) and The Seven Mysteries of Life (1978). Murchie also illustrated his books with etchings and woodcuts of his own making. The American Museum of Natural History awarded him the John Burroughs Medal in 1956 for Song of the Sky.
He was a flight instructor and a practising member of the Bahá'í Faith. His books included Men on the Horizon (1932), Song of the Sky (1954), Music of the Spheres (1961) and The Seven Mysteries of Life (1978). Murchie also illustrated his books with etchings and woodcuts of his own making. The American Museum of Natural History awarded him the John Burroughs Medal in 1956 for Song of the Sky.
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September 17, 2013
Interested in meteorology? This is the book for you. It tells you all about the weather in a very dramatic fashion, keeping your interest in what could otherwise challenge your attention span.
Murchie's style is to mix aviation anecdotes with meteorological lessons. In this book, written in 1954, you read about amazing things such as a man jumping out of an airplane at about 18,000 feet and living to tell about it. Another story tells you about men who bailed out of their aircraft inside thunderstorms and were frozen to death when the powerful updrafts took them to the incredible height of 30,000 feet. You also read of a horse being picked up by a tornado and gently set down without any injury.
Although we've made many advancements in aviation since this book was written, the timelessness of the subject matter makes it both useful and entertaining at the same time.
Murchie's style is to mix aviation anecdotes with meteorological lessons. In this book, written in 1954, you read about amazing things such as a man jumping out of an airplane at about 18,000 feet and living to tell about it. Another story tells you about men who bailed out of their aircraft inside thunderstorms and were frozen to death when the powerful updrafts took them to the incredible height of 30,000 feet. You also read of a horse being picked up by a tornado and gently set down without any injury.
Although we've made many advancements in aviation since this book was written, the timelessness of the subject matter makes it both useful and entertaining at the same time.
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