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And the Winner Is... December 2, 2009 - Flying, Part One: Climbing Out
The Wright brothers' first successful human flight happened a little more than a century ago. But long before that, flying was the dream of man - William Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci and Friedrich Nietzsche all wrote about the idea of flight. So what is it that draws us to defy our natural experience here on earth? This week, we consider the mythology, psychology and mystery of flying.
