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controlled falling forward fast enough that the ground keeps politely missing you
means Moving through the air, whether under one's own power, in a machine, or simply hurled — and, by extension, moving very fast or in a hurry.
from From Old English 'flēogan,' to fly, a verb stretching back through Proto-Germanic 'fleuganan' (cousin to Dutch 'vliegen' and German 'fliegen') to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to flow or float. The same family gave us 'flee' and 'fledge,' so the idea of swift escape and feathered takeoff has been tangled up in these words from the start. 'Flying' as the present participle simply puts that ancient verb in motion.
- lift secret
- wings work by speed, not by pushing air down
- safest seat
- statistically the rear cabin survives crashes most often
- first flight
- Wright brothers' debut lasted just twelve seconds
- bird envy
- swifts can stay airborne for ten straight months
- thin air
- cruising altitude oxygen would knock you out in seconds
wright brothers first flight — orville and wilbur wright flew 120 feet at kitty hawk, north carolina on december 17, 1903
concorde — british-french supersonic passenger jet that flew at mach 2.04, retired 2003
amelia earhart solo atlantic — first woman to fly solo across the atlantic ocean on june 17-18, 1928