Let's all post our latest favorite flight passages, okay?

[jcflies]

From, "The Boy Who Could Fly," by Sally Gardner;

"As the evenings got lighter Mr. Vinnie and Thomas would meet in the park, where they could fly properly without buildings getting in the way. Mr. Vinnie said it was sad that so many people walked with their head bowed down, looking out for dog poo, and not seeing the magic that was all around them. The more Thomas flew, the more he thought how wonderful everything was. Being so high up with the birds made you see the world in a very different way."

[nzlinus]

Can't resist:

You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach

[dhmartens]

After my February 2012 flight when the storm moved in and the wind direction changed (TomS and Max videos) where we all landed O.K., it reminds me of these lyrics:

Kansas - I Can Fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUaepDbdKos
I can fly I really can wave good-bye familiar land
Catch the wind make my climb breathin in born again feelin fine
I can fly above distress I can fly to heaven no less
Leave the earth forget the time light as air I don't care feelin fine
Don't say I'm crazy don't say I'm out of my head
I might be crazy but one thing's for certain one thing's for sure
I can fly above the sea I can fly hey look at me
Without a net leave it behind
Feelin good feelin free feelin so fine

My lofty purchase high above I'm losing sight of you
I'm climbing up just like a kite the calm before the storm
When all at once it dawned on me where I'm not supposed to be
Clouds are black the sky is red I'm where the angles fear to tread
I feel like I've lost my way

Down and down and down I go I've lost all sense of my direction
This flaming spitfire flight has come undone
Grounding stages of rejection I am not worthy to have even tried
Help me annihilate this foolish pride where Icarus died

I say the act of my contrition be sure to bless all before I die
Save my seat in the smoking section cut me loose and say good-bye
I wake up on the doctors table where life and death are up for grabs
I'm comin I'm comin you better shoot me
Kill the pain and count the scabs no no no get out of my black dream
Give me life give me life I'll make a vow
I'll resist temptation I promise here and now
You see it all started when I was younger they said I was good
But I thought they said great
I crown myself the king of liars I am what I have learned to hate

[jcflies]

From Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne

"'How does one become a butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively.
'You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar,' Piglet replied."

[jdevorak]

It is not difficult to fly. You just have to throw yourself at the ground...and miss.

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
Douglas Adams

[dhmartens]

On a more upbeat note:
I felt like this after my first Windsports mountain solo accomplishment.
"All's I need is a pair of wheels(wings?)"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWT5JxEOTjA[/youtube]

Growin' up, you don't see the writing on the wall
Passin' by, movin' straight ahead, you knew it all
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
You'll find you're all alone, everything has changed

Play the game, you know you can't quit until it's won
Soldier on, only you can do what must be done
You know in some way you're a lot like me
You're just a prisoner and you're tryin' to break free

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's fire

Burning up, don't know just how far that I can go
(Just how far I go)
Soon be home, only just a few miles down the road
I can make it, I know, I can
You broke the boy in me but you won't break the man

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's fire

I can climb the highest mountain, cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in me, burnin' in me

Just once in his life a man has his time
And my time is now, I'm coming alive

I can hear the music playin', I can see the banners fly
Feel like you're back again, and hope ridin' high
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's fire

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's fire

I can climb the highest mountain, cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's fire burnin' in me
Burnin', burnin' in me, I can feel it burnin'
Ooh, burnin' inside of me

[Mike Blankenhorn]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uniw83UTIYs[/youtube]

[jcflies]

From The Girl Who Could FLy, by Victoria Forrester.

"The green fields rolled out in every direction and glistening streams cut through some of them. The clouds disappeared into mist the closer she flew toward them and the breeze lifted her higher.

Piper dipped and dived, twirled and whirled in a sky that was every color from white to blue to orange to pink."

[lswendt]

You Can Fly

"All it takes is faith and trust"

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRjpna_3pFA[/youtube]

(of course Tinkerbell has the pixie dust)

[Mike Blankenhorn]

All right, you asked for it...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1PLT0GljPA[/youtube]

[jdevorak]

If the red slayer thinks he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again.

Far or forgot to me is near:
Shadow and sunlight are the same:
The vanish’d gods to me appear:
And one to me are shame and fame.

They recon ill who leave me out:
When me they fly, I am the wings:
I am the doubter and the doubt,
And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.

The strong gods pine for my abode
And pine in vain-

Emerson

[dhmartens]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8QypoBpQqI[/youtube]
Eight miles high and when you touch down
You'll find that it's stranger than known
Signs in the street that say where you're going
Are somewhere just being their own

Nowhere is there warmth to be found
Among those afraid of losing their ground
Rain gray town known for its sound
In places small faces unbound

Round the squares huddled in storms
Some laughing some just shapeless forms
Sidewalk scenes and black limousines
Some living some standing alone

[dhmartens]

a very popular song (175 million views) references to
"Everything that kills me makes me feel alive"
"Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yim4--J44gk[/youtube]

Possibly a song about Thor, and the lightning's hand
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycEu22f1dnk[/youtube]

edit:
Can you see me, do you know my position how quick is your eye?
I have no home, no reason to roam yet I travel the length of the sky
I stretch my fingers jagged icy white 'till my energy's all around
My clutch is swift, my force is fearful I convey it without a sound
I live to free the skies from everyone, watch me run - watch me

The north wind rises, old man's eyes wondering deeply as he locks his door
He knows the fear when I'm too near him, he's seen me angry before
The black intruding clouds approach as I release a destructive blow
All the crashing, all the flashing light brings terror upon my foe
I fight with force and power for my land
I command the lightning's hand!

Run for cover - Oh your life is in vain if you try to escape me
Don't look back - Oh your wealthy world cannot save you
'Cause I'm gonna break you
I hear them moan, I hear them weep because they feel I belong to the devil
They feel the pain, and will again 'till they stop reaching up for this level
No one will defeat me, no one can
I command the lightning's hand!

[RichardShaw]

From: Phill Bloom

"Yer Blow Me"