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"Vainly the fowlers eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along."
"For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man."

Flight or flying is the motion of an object through an atmosphere or through the vacuum of space, in this case also called spaceflight, without contacting any planetary surface. This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift associated with gliding or propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement.
"Vainly the fowlers eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along."
"Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea, Why takest thou its melancholy voice, And with that boding cry Along the waves dost thou fly?"
"Flying is years and years of utter boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror"
"All flight is based upon producing air pressure, all flight energy consists in overcoming air pressure."
"Lest I make the people fly off from that city like a wild dove from its tree, lest I make them fly around like a bird over its well-founded nest."
"One way remains—by air: by air a way well try; Pardon the bold adventure, Jove most high!"