America from the Air: A Guide to the Landscape Along Your Route
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (960 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0618706038 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Helens.Each two-page spread features an aerial photo with captions identifying features passengers will see and an essay interpreting the features. The entire book is also on the included CD-ROM, which can easily be used on a laptop in the air.. In many regions of the country, readers will have a new page to read about every twenty minutes. An illustrated guide, in both book and CD-ROM, of landscapes seen from commercial airplane windows across the United States.This is a guide to what an airline passenger sees from his seat while flying over the United States. Because many flight paths overlap, the fifteen corridors cover the forty most heavily traveled flight segments in the continental United States, plus many others. Through its ingenious construction and a map of preferred flight paths, it’s easy to find those pages that correspond to whatever flight a passenger happens to be on, and then to identify features that can be seen from the air. Each chapter is a Flight Corridor, with pages sequenced to follow a trip from takeoff to landing. The book marries geology, natural history, and human history for a glorious portrait of the continent, from the Atlantic City Boardwalk to Mount St
Amazon Customer said Interesting gift, needs more pictures. I bought this book as a gift after a review in Wired. It has major routes, and large area pictures of main land features and discussion of the routes. I wish it had more pictures, more analysis, and and more blowups of the land features. Perhaps looking at the images by computer on the CD (which comes with the book, and which is a copy of the book) would allow zooming in on features in more detail (which I haven't tried). I was a little disappointed in the book expecting even more discussion and analysis of 'what one sees from air'. Most. Me said Kinda disappointing. I'm expecting to be a road warrior and I like to look out the window. Being kinda dumb, I was wondering what some of the things are down there. I tried this on a couple of flights (BOS to ORD) on perfectly clear days. The experience was meh. It could be we didn't take the exact path described in the book. OK but not great. I would not buy again.. Four Stars Never got the DVD promised
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