…at thirty seven thousand feet, there is no Grand Canyon and no Rocky Mountains. The most beautiful view on this planet had become a smudge. The tips of the highest mountains appeared as incidental bits of cotton wool beneath us. I will never fly a jumbo again.
Letter to Yves Pratt, Chairman of Air Canada, September 16, (1974)
Year: 1974
Chapter:
McLuhan on McLuhan
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan