I can't fly a plane, but I have a lifelong fascination with aviation and astronautics. When I was young, the local TV station used to sign off with a reading of "High Flight": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoL-KCFbIpA The words thrilled me then and thrill me still. Thanks for the literary tour. I know Shute solely from "On the Beach." In teaching the economics and ethics of healthcare, I asked each class why people insist on knowing the name and credentials of their surgeon, but not of the pilot of the plane on which they are flying and not of the mechanic who serviced the aircraft.
I can't fly a plane, but I have a lifelong fascination with aviation and astronautics. When I was young, the local TV station used to sign off with a reading of "High Flight": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoL-KCFbIpA The words thrilled me then and thrill me still. Thanks for the literary tour. I know Shute solely from "On the Beach." In teaching the economics and ethics of healthcare, I asked each class why people insist on knowing the name and credentials of their surgeon, but not of the pilot of the plane on which they are flying and not of the mechanic who serviced the aircraft.