Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot 

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Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot: Episode 1

Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot, Episode 1

A fascination with height - from Massachusetts to the busy skies over Europe.

4 Extra Debut. Take-off and the fascination with height - from small town Massachusetts to the busy skies over Europe. Read by William Hope.

Mark Vanhoenacker always had a passion for flying, but didn’t ever really consider it as a job, until his research as a young academic began to frustrate him and the tug of the skies once more made its presence felt.

Today he is a long distance pilot for one of the world’s major airlines.

In this opening episode:  Take-off and the fascination with height - from small town Massachusetts to the busy skies over Europe.

Read by William Hope

Producer: Jill Waters

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2015.

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