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24 alternatives to Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot

A pilot explores (and explains) the phenomenon of flight

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights▲1,539
Hey HN! Pilots everywhere are required to keep a logbook of all their flying hours, aircraft, airports, and so on. Since I track everything digitally (some people still just use paper logbooks!), I put together some data visualizations and a few 3D globes to show my flying history. This globe is probably my favourite so far: https://jameshard.ing/pilot/globes/all If you’ve got ideas for other graphs or ways to show this kind of data, I’d love to hear them!
2025 · jameshard.ing · its alternatives →
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Outline: A Novel▲55
One-sided conversations on a plane about life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Meaningful▲69
The story of ideas that fly
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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PaperFlies▲65
Book flights based on themes
2015 · its alternatives →
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Meaningful: The Story of Ideas that Fly▲61
Building ideas that make successful products
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Deep Survival▲62
Science + storytelling to explain the mysteries of survival
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Wind, Sand & Stars▲7
The grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Vagabonding▲76
Discover and experience the world on your own terms
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Bird by Bird▲82
Some instructions on writing and life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Learning To Launch▲228
Stop failing. Start launching.
2016 · learningtolaunch.co · its alternatives →
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Black Swan▲80
The impact of the highly improbable
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Making Ideas Happen▲75
Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Mindset▲84
How You Can Fulfil Your Potential
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Envisioning Information▲87
A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming▲70
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · toplightgaming.com · its alternatives →
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Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs▲83
Candid conversations with 30 leading designers
2015 · kernandburn.com · its alternatives →
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How to Make a Spaceship▲73
Inspirational story of Peter Diamandis & spaceflight mission
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Iconoclast▲60
A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Simplify team collaboration
2015 · canto.com · its alternatives →
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Bushcraft 101▲54
A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Lead With a Story▲58
A guide to crafting business narratives that captivate
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage▲54
A grizzly tale of hard decisions and high-stakes leadership
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