Magic In The Air

01/28/23 • 91 min

All pilots know what keeps an airplane in the air: Magic! OK...money is an important component. In this show, we take a desperate journey, help you build an airplane for very little money, introduce you to some sorcery, invite you to a museum that you can't visit, see some great aviation photography, and learn what bored pilots do behind that closed cockpit door.

Movie: Desperate Journey (1942)

Book: Advanced paper Airplanes for Kids and Adults by Andrew Thorne

Interview: Derek Schmidt-Lightspeed Aviation Headsets

Website: International Society of Aviation Photography

Song: Flying Sorcery/Al Stewart (Suggested by Tony Simpson in Ireland)

Destination/Places to Fly To: US Air Force Flight Test Museum Edwards Air Force Base, CA

Comedy/Sound: Monty Python-Bored Pilots

Movie: Desperate Journey (1942)

Book: Advanced paper Airplanes for Kids and Adults by Andrew Thorne

Interview: Derek Schmidt-Lightspeed Aviation Headsets

Website: International Society of Aviation Photography

Song: Flying Sorcery/Al Stewart (Suggested by Tony Simpson in Ireland)

Destination/Places to Fly To: US Air Force Flight Test Museum Edwards Air Force Base, CA

Comedy/Sound: Monty Python-Bored Pilots

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Website: The Last Boeing 747-News Story and Boeing’s 747 Stats

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Movie: Dawn Patrol (1938)

Book: Into The Silk by Ian MacKersey

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Website: Project Blue Book

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