 Aviation Week hailed the book as a “meticulously researched overview,” adding that Banham “masterfully captures the broad history and spirit of the company as it has evolved over the decades.”

The Wall Street Journal's review of the book was equally favorable, stating, “`Higher' ably commemorates Boeing’s enduring achievement, gliding nimbly through its triumphs of design, engineering and manufacture and, not least, its memorable contributions to wars won.”

Banham is also a professional theatre playwright and director, directing "Othello", "Macbeth", "Henry V", "Twelfth Night", and "A Doll's House" for Seattle Shakespeare Company; "Merchant of Venice" for Wooden O Theatre; "Of Mice and Men", "Mauritius" and "Superior Donuts" for Seattle Public Theatre; "Crooked" for Theater Schmeater; and three of his own plays, adaptations of "Ethan Frome", "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (with Jennifer Sue Johnson) and "Romance with a Double Bass" (based on four short stories by Anton Chekhov), all for Book-It Repertory Theatre.Broadway World called Banham's direction of A Doll's House for Seattle Shakespeare Company a “crisp and engaging production.Once again he has assembled a stellar cast and crew and molded the story into a rock solid evening of theater.” He is a recipient of five "Seattle Times" Footlight Awards as the city's Best Director.