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COVER STORY
Flight
Kurt Andersen and novelist Erica Jong look at how
our desire to fly inspires art, music, and culture.
 The
Dive
The filmmaker Kia Simon wanted to pay tribute her
late stepfather Dan Skarry and his passion for skydiving. Her video is
called "The Dive" and she figured out a way to complete it without
ever boarding an airplane. Produced by Peter Crimmins.
Watch "The Dive" video
Visit Kia Simon's website
Visit the Parachute Center's website
Go to the Momu website
 Above
Picardy
Picardy, Northern France, has long been famous for
a towering gothic cathedral in Amiens, and for the battlefield of the
Somme. But in recent years the area has also become known for the traces
of history buried beneath its soil. The photographer Roger Agache told
Marjorie van Halteren that we sometimes must go up very high, to see what's
right under our feet.
Go to a site featuring the work of Roger Agache (in
French)
Visit
Cambridge University's aerial archaeology site
Visit photographer
Ana Jakrlova's site (in Czech)
 In
What Language
In the spring of 2001, an Iranian film-maker flew
from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires for a film festival. Along the way, he
needed to transfer through New York's John F Kennedy airport. But as an
Iranian, he needed a special transit visa to pass through the United States.
He didn't have the paperwork, and he didn't speak enough English to explain.
The federal agents detained him, and sent him back to Hong Kong in shackles.
That story inspired the poet Mike Ladd and composer Vijay Iyer to begin
a song cycle built around stories like that filmmaker's. Produced by Jocelyn
Gonzales.
Go
to Vijay Iyer's website
Read more about In What Language
 Up
in the Air
A sound portrait of the world at 6,000 feet from recreational
pilots and radio producers Kim Green and Hal Humphreys.
Go to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association website
Go
to the Oshkosh (EAA fly-in) site
Visit the Experimental Aircraft Association website
Go
to a site dedicated to old military aircraft
SPECIAL GUEST
Erica Jong
Erica Jong is the author of eight novels, most recently
Sappho's Leap, as well as many volumes of poetry. Her novel Fear of Flying,
published in 1973, was a groundbreaking and controversial exploration
of sexuality and autonomy that became an icon of the women's liberation
movement, and has sold more than 12 million copies.
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Inspirational Irony
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Design
For The Real World
Airline Logos. The experience of commercial
air travel is not really very different from airline to airline for
the most part. So getting people to fly your particular airline is a
design challenge. Graphic designer Michael Beirut looks at classic airline
logos. Produced by Ave Carrillo and John Stanik.
Visit
a site dedicated to Braniff International
Go
to a Pan Am historical site
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