William Langewiesche gone west

[murphey]

From Washington Post, this timestamp.

William Langewiesche, who worked as a commercial pilot before becoming one of the most acclaimed magazine writers of his generation, traveling around the world to report on plane crashes, shipwrecks, nuclear proliferation and war, died June 15 in East Lyme, Connecticut. He had recently celebrated his 70th birthday. His wife, Tia Cibani, said he died of prostate cancer at the home of a friend.

If you have WaPo account, here's the link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/17/william-langewiesche-dead/

 

[Piperonca]

Hopefully this NYT link works.

William Archibald Langewiesche was born on June 12, 1955, in Sharon, Conn. His mother, Priscilla (Coleman) Langewiesche, was a computer analyst. His father, Wolfgang Langewiesche, a German-born émigré, was a test pilot for the maker of the Corsair fighter used by the U.S. Navy; he wrote a classic book on flying, “Stick and Rudder,” in the 1940s.

William’s father taught him to fly before the boy could see over the instrument panel. Later, as an undergraduate at Stanford University, Mr. Langewiesche helped pay his way through college by piloting air taxis and charters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/...e_code=1.P08.xTHT.KL8agLC7VTyt&smid=url-share

 

[flyingcheesehead]

RIP. He was a fantastic writer, went really in depth on things but always made it a great read so that it didn't feel long.