Science has changed the impact of these myths on our lives. We have made more discoveries in the past 50 years than in all the years before. We no longer need myths and stories to answer our questions about nature. Now our stories are about technology, the new power that we still do not completely understand.

Mankind's fascination with flight has been about more than simple machines. Flying is a way to escape, to be powerful and to be free.

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