About William Langewiesche: William Langewiesche is an American author and journalist who was also a professional airplane pilot for many years. Since 2006 he has been the international correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine.
Some think of Islam as an expedient jobs program that moves the female half of the population out of the way.
The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.
You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst.