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  • New Zealand Listener

    Meri Kirihimete

    Dec 19, 2021 2 minutes
    − Karyn Scherer

    I figured out a few years ago why I love planes so much. The reason I’m so fond of the whine of a jet engine is that it’s the sound of a magic carpet ride to somewhere that’s not here.

    British philosopher Alain de Botton summed it up so well in 2002, in his book The Art of Travel:

    “How pleasant to hold

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