Understanding Flight Documentary Part 6

The desire to fly is as old as human culture. Ancient Egyptians studied birds in an attempt to learn how to fly. Centuries later, we were still strapping on wings, jumping off cliffs... and crashing. It took a bit of time, bruised bodies and the occasional death to figure out that we were too heavy and too weak to propel ourselves with flapping wings. But in the last century, our dreams of flight finally became reality. While we haven't grown wings, we have learned how to fly by shaping metal and plastic into machines that take us higher and faster than birds could ever fly or possibly even imagine.

Produced and written by Pamela Caragol
Narrated by Jane Curtin
Photography by Chris Nusbaum
Music by Michael Whalen

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Discovery
• Understanding
• Flight
• Documentary
• Part
• Aviation
• Aeroplane
• Airforce
• F11
• Stealth
• Technology

[aviationwingnut]

"Jane, you ignorant slut." Wasn't she the 'newscaster' on SNL with Dan Akroyd back in the day? She did a wonderful job narrating this documentary. I can't believe it's been here nearly two years and I just found it or hadn't seen it on any of the satellite channels. VERY well done with an interesting and variety of people involved. I don't have the money to do what Travolta/Rutan do but, it still is captivating.

[marsupialbeige]

cool doc btw i likey ;P

[marsupialbeige]

the tiny portion that's at the end that is :D

[marsupialbeige]

i really like this song but i cant find it :( anyone know what it is?

[irfand4]

Very lucid and very interesting.

[tggirl84]

good doco :)

[nasa9boy]

great :)