Inside the SkyBy: William Langewiesche William Langewiesche's life has been deeply intertwined with the idea and act of flying. Fifty years ago his father, a test pilot, wrote Stick and Rudder, a text still considered by many to be the bible of aerial navigation. Langewiesche himself learned to fly while still a child. Now he shares his pilot's eye view of flight with those of us who take flight for granted exploring the inner world of a sky that remains as exotic