Scott, Honey’s boss, says a few times that he wished Honey had a more commanding presence and stature so that people wouldn’t dismiss him so quickly. And when Honey ends up on a plane that is about to experience said material fatigue at any moment, things get really tense.īut what stayed with me was that which is underneath the surface. As a contemporary reader who knows that material fatigue has claimed the lives of many, it’s interesting to read about the scientist (Honey) warning against this possibility, and about the few people who believed him and the enormous opposition, filled with powerful, rich men who dismissed him. On the surface, it seems that this book is about material fatigue in airplane, an issue that was not well understood in the early days of commercial flights. Though you have conquered earth and charted sea,Īnd planned the courses of all stars that be,Īdventure on, for from the littlest clue has come The way to go shall glimmer in the min d. No Highway more, no track, all being blind, “Therefore, go forth, companion: when you find
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