America from the Air: A Guide to the Landscape Along Your Route
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (683 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0618706038 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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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 . 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. O. "Four Stars" according to Charles Antonelli. Never got the DVD promised
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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. Helens.Each two-page spread features an aerial photo with captions identifying features passengers will see and an essay interpreting the features. Through its ingenious construction and a map of preferred flight paths, it’s easy to find those pages that correspond to whatev